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The beginnings of medieval romance : fact and fiction, 1150-1220
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ISBN: 0521813999 0511020570 9780511020575 9780521813990 0511045581 9780511045585 0511120532 9780511120534 9780511485787 0511485786 1280159677 9781280159671 9786610159673 661015967X 1107125839 9781107125834 0521049563 9780521049566 0511325622 9780511325625 0511157770 9780511157776 Year: 2002 Volume: 47 Publisher: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press,

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Up to the twelfth century writing in the western vernaculars dealt almost exclusively with religious, historical and factual themes, all of which were held to convey the truth. The second half of the twelfth century saw the emergence of a new genre, the romance, which was consciously conceived as fictional and therefore allowed largely to break free from traditional presuppositions. Dennis Green explores how and why this happened, and examines this period of crucial importance for the birth of the romance and the genesis of medieval fiction in the vernacular. Although the crucial innovative role of writers in Germany is Green's main concern, he also takes literature in Latin, French and Anglo-Norman into account. This study offers a definition of medieval fictionality in its first formative period in the twelfth century, and underlines the difficulties encountered in finding a place for the fictional romance within earlier literary traditions.

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