Middle English prose romances

Leitch, Megan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5815-4385 2017. Middle English prose romances. Echard, Sian, Rouse, Robert, Fay, Jacqueline A., Fulton, Helen and Rector, Geoff, eds. The Encyclopedia of Medieval Literature in Britain, Wiley-Blackwell, (10.1002/9781118396957.wbemlb198)

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Abstract

Middle English prose romances constitute a distinctive subgenre of medieval romance shaped by their production late in the genre's evolution and during a period of civil wars and regime changes. Many of the prose romances are anonymous and significantly longer than verse romances, and they have traditionally been understudied; however, they are beginning to receive more scholarly attention, both individually and as a literary movement. Today, the most well-known of the Middle English prose romances is Sir Thomas Malory's narrative of King Arthur, Le Morte Darthur, written in 1469 and printed in 1485. While modern criticism has sometimes considered Malory's Arthuriad as a genre unto itself, it was in fact written alongside many other Middle English prose romances with which it shares significant affinities of theme and style.

Item Type:	Book Section
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	English, Communication and Philosophy
Subjects:	P Language and Literature > PR English literature
Publisher:	Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN:	9781118396988
Last Modified:	23 Apr 2024 15:45
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/80152

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