{"product_id":"9781843841593-naming-and-namelessness-in-medieval-romance","title":"Naming and Namelessness in Medieval Romance","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA survey of the significance of names, or their absence, in medieval English, French, and Anglo-Norman romance.\u003cbr\u003eA survey of the significance of names, or their absence, in medieval English, French, and Anglo-Norman romance.Naming and namelessness are among the major themes of medieval romance. Because the genre is so difficult to define, scholars have viewed romance as containing a critical number of themes; this book treats naming as a major themeof romance, and furthermore examines romance's relationship with contemporary naming-theory. A new genre, it is able to play with naming in a way that previously established genres are not. The book begins with a discussion of the medieval background to romance, and explores a series of naming-patterns found across a broad range of texts. It continues with detailed analysis of twenty-one romances [in English, French, and Anglo-Norman, from 1130 to 1500], to show how naming-themes are treated differently in each, and to demonstrate the importance of name as a generic marker. Finally, an appendix provides details of each romance's context, together with indications for further research. JANE BLISS is an independent scholar; she gained her PhD from Oxford Brookes University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55206721257846,"sku":"9781843841593","price":95.84,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_28659582.jpg?v=1738197929","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781843841593-naming-and-namelessness-in-medieval-romance","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}