medieval romance

What Is Middle English Romance?

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What Is Middle English Romance? Middle English romance was the principal form of secular literature in later medieval England. More than eighty verse romances (metrical and alliterative), composed between c. 1225 and c. 1500, survive, often in multiple manuscript versions and, later, in early modern prints. What are the major seven elements of Middle English

Why Is The Faerie Queene Called A Romantic Epic?

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Why Is The Faerie Queene Called A Romantic Epic? A ROMANTIC EPIC. —The Faerie Queene is the most perfect type which we have in English of the purely romantic poem. Four elements enter into its composition: “it is pastoral by association, chivalrous by temper, ethical by tendency, and allegorical by treatment” (Renton). Why is Faerie