English Medieval Romance

Longman Literature in English Series

by W.R.J. Barron

Starting with the European roots of romance, Dr Barron devotes the main body of his book to a detailed study of the English corpus. He discusses its rich variety of forms in the later Middle Ages, concluding that the English romances show their own conception of the romantic 'mode'.

Genres: Literary Criticism

288 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1987