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... romance as " past history in the vernacular " to that of " a wholly fictitious story . " MEDIEVAL VERSE ROMANCES Arthurian romance . The matter of Britain . In his His- toria regum Britanniae , Geoffrey of Monmouth " invented history ...
... romance as " past history in the vernacular " to that of " a wholly fictitious story . " MEDIEVAL VERSE ROMANCES Arthurian romance . The matter of Britain . In his His- toria regum Britanniae , Geoffrey of Monmouth " invented history ...
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The Floire and Blanche- flor romance The " Imogen theme " The ideals of chivalry The special structure of the Lancelot- Grail romance The Spanish romance Parallels with sculp- ture and painting The. A somewhat similar theme , used for ...
The Floire and Blanche- flor romance The " Imogen theme " The ideals of chivalry The special structure of the Lancelot- Grail romance The Spanish romance Parallels with sculp- ture and painting The. A somewhat similar theme , used for ...
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... romance may be said to have entered into the first great modern novel . More important still for the development of the novel form was the use made by romance writers of the tech- nique of multiple thematic structure and " interweaving ...
... romance may be said to have entered into the first great modern novel . More important still for the development of the novel form was the use made by romance writers of the tech- nique of multiple thematic structure and " interweaving ...
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