The medieval Greek romance / Roderick Beaton

Fine copy in the original decorated gilt-blocked cloth. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Series; Cambridge studies in medieval literature ; 6. Physical description; xv, 261 pages, 2 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-255) and index. Contents; Introduction -- Part I. 1071-1204: 1. The twelfth-century background -- 2. The literary tradition -- 3. The 'proto romance' Diyenis Akritis -- 4. The renaissance of a genre -- 5. The twelfth-century texts -- Part II. 1204-1453 6. The first 'modern Greek' literature -- 7. The original romances: the texts and their stories -- 8. The original romances: narrative structure -- 9. Translations and adaptations of western romances -- 10. Genealogy of the romances -- 11. Common elements of the romances: oral background vs textual interference -- 12. Reception -- Conclusions. Subjects; Romances, Byzantine History and criticism. Byzantine literature History and criticism. Civilization, Medieval, in literature. Byzantine fiction History and criticism. 1 Kg.…