Companion to Medieval Popular Romance

Dr Raluca Radulescu is Senior Lecturer in Medieval Literature, Bangor University CORYJAMES RUSHTON is Associate Professor in the Department of English at St Francis Xavier University, Canada. Ad Putter is Professor of Medieval English at the University of Bristol, UK, co-director of Bristol's Centre for Medieval Studies, and Fellow of the British Academy. He is the author and editor of numerous books, with a particular interest in Medieval Romance texts and the works of the Gawain poet. He is currently leading a research project on the literary heritage of Anglo-Dutch relations. CORYJAMES RUSHTON is Associate Professor in the Department of English at St Francis Xavier University, Canada. PHILLIPA HARDMAN is Reader in Medieval English Literature (retired) at the University of Reading. Dr Raluca Radulescu is Senior Lecturer in Medieval Literature, Bangor University ROBERT ROUSE Associate Professor, Department of English at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. THOMAS H. CROFTS is Professor of English at East Tennessee State University, where he also co-directs the Minor in Classical and Medieval Studies.

• Introduction - Raluca Radulescu and Cory RushtonPopular Romance: The Material and the Problems - Rosalind FieldGenre and Classification - Raluca RadulescuThe Manuscripts of Popular Romance - Maldwyn Mills and Gillian E RogersPrinted Romance in the Sixteenth Century - Jennifer FellowsMiddle English Popular Romance and National Identity - Thomas Howard Crofts and Robert RouseGender and Identity in the Popular Romance - Joanne A Charbonneau and Desiree CromwellThe Metres and Stanza Forms of Popular Romance - Ad PutterOrality and Performance - Karl ReichlPopular Romances and Young Readers - Phillipa HardmanModern and Academic Reception of the Popular Romance - Cory RushtonBibliography

[T]his book will prove [...] valuable to students and researchers who are new to the field. [...] this volume is a welcome addition to, as well as testimony of, the scholarly conversation around the English popular romance. ATLANTIS - Journal of the Spanish Association of Anglo-American Studies