The Expansion and Transformations of Courtly Literature

by Nathaniel B. Smith, Joseph T. Snow (Editor)

This collection brings together twelve selected papers given at the Second Triennial Congress of the International Courtly Literature Society. Because the courtly ethos is the central phenomenon marking medieval vernacular literature, it provides a theme that serves as an ideological guide through the later Middle Ages and on into the Renaissance and as a framework for the essays collected in this volume.

Genres: History

235 pages, Hardcover

First published February 1, 1980