Naming and Namelessness in Medieval Romance
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A01=Jane Bliss
Anglo-Norman
Author_Jane Bliss
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Cultural construction
English
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French
Genre
Literature
Medieval romance
Names
Naming-patterns
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- ISBN 9781843841593
- Weight: 560g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 17 Apr 2008
- Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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A survey of the significance of names, or their absence, in medieval English, French, and Anglo-Norman romance.
Naming and namelessness are among the major themes of medieval romance. Because the genre is so difficult to define, scholars have viewed romance as containing a critical number of themes; this book treats naming as a major themeof romance, and furthermore examines romance's relationship with contemporary naming-theory. A new genre, it is able to play with naming in a way that previously established genres are not.
The book begins with a discussion of the medieval background to romance, and explores a series of naming-patterns found across a broad range of texts. It continues with detailed analysis of twenty-one romances [in English, French, and Anglo-Norman, from 1130 to 1500], to show how naming-themes are treated differently in each, and to demonstrate the importance of name as a generic marker. Finally, an appendix provides details of each romance's context, together with indications for further research.
JANE BLISS is an independent scholar; she gained her PhD from Oxford Brookes University.
