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170630s2018 ilu b 001 0 eng c |
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$a9780226540122 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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$a9780226540269 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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$z9780226540436 (e-book) |
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$aPN685$b.S795 2018 |
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$a809/.93351$223 |
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$aSullivan, Karen,$d1964-$eauthor. |
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$aThe danger of romance :$btruth, fantasy, and Arthurian fictions /$cKaren Sullivan. |
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$aChicago :$bThe University of Chicago Press,$c2018. |
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$a299 pages ;$c24 cm |
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$atext$btxt$2rdacontent |
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$aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 281-290) and index. |
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$aRomance and its reception -- Merlin: magic, miracles, and marvels -- King Arthur: history and fiction -- Lancelot of the lake: the reality of the ideal -- The quest of the holy grail: the sacredness of the secular -- Truth and the imagination: from romance to children's fantasy. |
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$aRomance has traditionally been dismissed by critics for failing to represent the world as it is, and yet it has been embraced by readers attracted to its distinctive depiction of reality. Given the pleasure it has afforded readers over the centuries, is it possible that it is expressing a truth unrecognized by realist genres? The Arthurian literature of the Middle Ages, Karen Sullivan argues, consistently ventriloquizes the criticisms that were being made of romance at the time and implicitly defends itself against those criticisms. The danger of romance shows that the conviction that ordinary reality is the only reality is itself an assumption, and one that can blind those who hold it to the extraordinary phenomena that exist around them, demonstrating that which is rare, ephemeral, and inexplicable is no less real than that which is commonplace, long-lasting, and easily accounted for. If romance continues to appeal to audiences today, whether in its Arthurian prototype or in its more recent incarnations, it is because it confirms the perception - or even the hope - of a beauty and truth in the world that realist genres deny. |
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$aArthurian romances$xHistory and criticism. |
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650
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$aFrench literature$yTo 1500$xHistory and criticism. |
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$aArthur,$cKing$xIn literature. |
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$aLancelot$c(Legendary character)$xIn literature. |
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$aMerlin$c(Legendary character)$xIn literature. |
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650
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$aArthurian romances$xAppreciation. |
