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University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, Pa
Examines a set of five twelfth-century romance texts—complete and fragmentary, canonical and now neglected, long and short—to map out the characteristics and boundaries of the genre in its formative period.
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Examines a set of five twelfth-century romance texts—complete and fragmentary, canonical and now neglected, long and short—to map out the characteristics and boundaries of the genre in its formative period.
Frontmatter -- -- Contents -- -- Acknowledgments -- -- Introduction -- -- 1. Truth in Disguise: The Voice of Renarration in the Folie Tristan d^Oxford -- -- 2. Putting Off the Ending: Thomas and the Legend of Tristan and Iseut -- -- 3. A Case for mise en abyme: Chretien's Chevalier de la Charrete -- -- 4. The Interplay of Gender and Genres in Partonopeu de Blois -- -- 5. Textual Identity and the Name of a Collection: Marie de France's Lais -- -- Conclusion -- -- Notes -- -- Bibliography of Works Cited -- -- Index -- -- Backmatter