Medieval Romance : The Aesthetics of Possibility.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (264 pages)
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter One: The Speculative Fiction of Marie de France -- Chapter Two: Perception and Possible Worlds in Sir Orfeo -- Chapter Three: Capturing Beauty: Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde -- Chapter Four: Melusine's Aventure among the Humans -- Chapter Five: Romance by Other Means: The Canterbury Tales -- Chapter Six: The Immense Subtlety of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight -- Notes -- References -- Index.
Medieval Romanceis the first study to focus on the deep philosophical underpinnings of the genre's fictional worlds.