Description: Unique in combining a comprehensive and comparative study of genre with a study of romance, this book constitutes a significant contribution to ongoing critical debates over the definition of romance and the genre and artistry of Malory's Morte Darthur. K.S. Whetter addresses the questions of how exactly romance might be defined and how such an awareness of genre impacts upon both the understanding and reception of the texts in question.
Review Quotes: 'Whetter's book is forthright in approach, thought-provoking in its material and attractively clear and jargon-free in its presentation. ... an admirable and highly readable book...' Archiv fÃ1/4r das Studium der Neueren Sprachen und Literaturen 'Whetter demonstrates clearly that there is value to the study of genre, not merely as a device for classification, but as a means of understanding the meaning of individual works and of the social and intellectual contexts in which they were produced.' Sixteenth Century Journal