Title Chivalry and romance in the English Renaissance / Alex Davis

Published Cambridge [U.K.] ; Rochester, N.Y. : D.S. Brewer, 2003

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Description 1 online resource (263 pages) Series Studies in Renaissance literature, 1465-6310 ; v. 11 Studies in Renaissance literature (Woodbridge, Suffolk, England) ; v. 11. Contents 'Not Knowing Their Parents' : Reading Chivalric Romance -- The Progress of Romance (I) : Kenilworth, 1575 -- Castles in the Air : Quixotic Representations on the Seventeenth-Century Stage -- 'Gentleman-Like Adventure' : Duelling in the 'Life' of Lord Herbert of Cherbury -- 'The Lady Errant' : Katherine Philips as Reader of Romance -- The Progress of Romance (II) : Kenilworth, Chivalry, and the Middle Ages -- 'The Chronicle of Wasted Time.' Summary Chivalry and Romance in Renaissance England offers a reinterpretation of the place and significance of chivalric culture in the sixteenth and seventeenth-century and explores the implications of this reconfigured interpretation for an understanding of the medieval generally Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-258) and index Notes Print version record Subject English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism Chivalry in literature. Literature and history -- England -- History -- 16th century Literature and history -- England -- History -- 17th century Medievalism -- England -- History -- 16th century Medievalism -- England -- History -- 17th century Romances, English -- History and criticism Knights and knighthood in literature. Middle Ages in literature. Renaissance -- England LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- General. Chivalry in literature English literature -- Early modern Knights and knighthood in literature Literature and history Medievalism Middle Ages in literature Renaissance Romances, English England Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book ISBN 1846150396 9781846150395

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