Medieval Romances Across European Borders (Medieval Narratives in Transmission) (Medieval Narratives in Transmission: Cultural and Medial Translation of Vernacular Traditions, 1) - Hardcover

Miriam Edlich-Muth

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 2503577164 ISBN 13: 9782503577166

Publisher: Brepols Publishers, 2018

Synopsis

They were the bestsellers of their time; in the late medieval period, a number of shorter romances and tales, such as Floire et Blancheflor, Partonopeus de Blois, Valentine and Orson and many others, enjoyed striking popularity across different regions of Europe. This essay collection gathers together contributions from across Europe, to examine the complex processes by which medieval romances were adapted across European borders. By examining how the content, form and broader contextualisation of individual romances were altered by the transition from one region to another, the essays address the role translators, narrators, editors and compilers played in adapting the tales to different cultural and codicological settings. In this context, they discuss not only the shifting plotlines of the tales, but also the points at which the generic features of the texts shift in response to changing cultural codes. In doing so, they raise wider questions concerning the links between genre, manuscript form, cultural assimilation and the popularity of certain romance texts in different cultural communities.

Edition details

• Publisher: Brepols Publishers
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 2503577164
• ISBN 13: 9782503577166
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 228
• Editor: Miriam Edlich-Muth