Seventeenth-Century English Romance

Seventeenth-Century English Romance
Author: A. Zurcher
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 231
Release: 2007-05-28
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0230605133

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Overturning the common characterization of Seventeenth Century English prose romance as an exhausted, imitative genre with little bearing on the evolution of the novel, this book argues that early modern romance was a central forum for exploring the newly pressing moral-philosophical and political problem of self-interest.


Seventeenth-Century English Romance
Language: en
Pages: 231
Authors: A. Zurcher
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-05-28 - Publisher: Springer

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Overturning the common characterization of Seventeenth Century English prose romance as an exhausted, imitative genre with little bearing on the evolution of th
Seventeenth-Century English Romance
Language: en
Pages: 226
Authors: A. Zurcher
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-03-11 - Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

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Overturning the common characterization of Seventeenth Century English prose romance as an exhausted, imitative genre with little bearing on the evolution of th
Right Romance
Language: en
Pages: 148
Authors: Emily Griffiths Jones
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-04-23 - Publisher: Penn State Press

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In this book, Emily Griffiths Jones examines the intersections of romance, religion, and politics in England between 1588 and 1688 to show how writers during th
Love, Power, and Gender in Seventeenth-Century French Fairy Tales
Language: en
Pages: 190
Authors: Bronwyn Reddan
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-12 - Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

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Love is a key ingredient in the stereotypical fairy-tale ending in which everyone lives happily ever after. This romantic formula continues to influence contemp
The Immaterial Book
Language: en
Pages: 194
Authors: Sarah Wall-Randell
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-10-28 - Publisher: University of Michigan Press

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In romances—Renaissance England’s version of the fantasy novel—characters often discover books that turn out to be magical or prophetic, and to offer insi