The Faerie Queene and Middle English romance
the matter of just memory
by King, Andrew
"This book offers the first comprehensive study of the impact of Middle English romance on The Faerie Queene. It employs the concept of memory, in which both Middle English romance writers and Spenser show specific interest, to build a sense of the thematic, generic, and cultural complexity of the native romance tradition. The memorial character of Middle English romance resides in its intertexuality and its frequent presentation of its narrative events as historical and consequently the basis for a favourable sense of local or even national identity. Spenser's memories of native romance involve a more troubled engagement with that tradition of providential national history as well as an endeavour to see in pre-Reformation romance a prophetic and objective authority for Protestant belief."--Jacket.
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The Faerie Queene and Middle English romance: the matter of just memory
2000, Clarendon
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [214]-242) and index.
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