TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mainer,Sergi
TI  - The Scottish romance tradition c.1375-c.1550: nation, chivalry and knighthood 
T2  - Scottish cultural review of language and literature
SN  - 9789042029767
AV  - PR1833 .M35 2010eb
U1  - 821/.109 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Amsterdam, New York
PB  - Editions Rodopi
KW  - Barbour, John,
KW  - Knights and knighthood in literature
KW  - Chivalry in literature
KW  - Romances, Scottish
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - fast
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-280) and index; Preliminary Material -- Acknowledgements -- Preface: Contextualising Medieval Scottish Romance -- Introduction -- National Constructs in the Medieval Scottish Romances -- The Hero’s Progression -- The Historical Romances -- The Arthurian Romances -- The Alexander and Charlemagne Romances -- Conclusion: The Scottish Romance Tradition -- Bibliography -- Index -- ASLS; Available to subscribing member institutions only
N2  - This is the first ever comprehensive study of the Scottish medieval romances. The book reinstates the status of the Scottish romances. It offers a new definition of the Scottish romance tradition, bringing together texts which have not generally been considered part of the same corpus. It argues that Barbour’s Bruce ( c .1375) established the rhetorical devices and literary traits which were going to be typical of the later Scottish romances. It also examines the extent to which the translation of the four Arthurian and Alexander romances from French originals follows Barbour’s precepts. These texts contributed to the founding both of the vernacular tradition and of the fabrication of national identity through dialogic interchanges between the narratives and the socio-historical circumstances of Scotland
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789042029767
ER  -