Anglicising romance: tail-rhyme and genre in medieval English literature

A reappraisal of the tail-rhyme form so strongly associated with medieval English romance. Tail-rhyme romance units a French genre with a continental stanza form, so why was it only developed in Middle English literature? This volume seeks to explain why and how the tail-rhyme form established itsel...

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Main Author: Purdie, Rhiannon (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Brewer 2008
Edition:1. publ.
Series:Studies in medieval romance 9
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Summary:A reappraisal of the tail-rhyme form so strongly associated with medieval English romance. Tail-rhyme romance units a French genre with a continental stanza form, so why was it only developed in Middle English literature? This volume seeks to explain why and how the tail-rhyme form established itself in medieval English romantic verse.
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-262) and indexes
Physical Description:XI, 272 S. Ill.
ISBN:9781843841623

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