{"product_id":"naming-and-namelessness-in-medieval-jane-bliss-9781843841593","title":"Naming and Namelessness in Medieval Romance","description":"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 theme of 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\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jane Bliss\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1843841592\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781843841593\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Boydell \u0026amp; Brewer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/17\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 266\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.29h x 6.53w x 1.06d","brand":"Jane Bliss","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48623317090559,"sku":"9781843841593","price":130.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1402bf6f-f258-4285-a82a-94602ea9b05c.jpg?v=1780432085","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/naming-and-namelessness-in-medieval-jane-bliss-9781843841593","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}