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An examination of if and how medieval romance was performed, uniquely uniting the perspective of a scholar and practitioner. Although English medieval minstrels performed gestes, a genre closely related to romance, often playing the harp or the fiddle, the question of if, and how, Middle English romance was performed has been hotly debated. Here, the performance tradition is explored by combining textual, historical and musicological scholarship with practical experience from a noted musician. Using previously unrecognised evidence, the author reconstructs a realistic model of minstrel performance, showing how a simple melody can interact with the text, and vice versa. She argues that elements in Middle English romance which may seem simplistic or repetitive may in fact be incomplete, as missing an integral musical dimension; metrical irregularities, for example, may be relics of sophisticated rhythmic variation that make sense only with music. Overall, the study offers both a more accurate comprehension of minstrel performance, and a deeper appreciation of the romances themselves. Linda Marie Zaerr is Professor of Medieval Studies at Boise State University.


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  • Author : Linda Marie Zaerr
  • Publisher : DS Brewer
  • Genre : History
  • Total Pages : 298 pages
  • ISBN : 1843843234
  • PDF File Size : 14,5 Mb
  • Language : English
  • Rating : 4/5 from 21 reviews

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Performance and the Middle English Romance

Performance and the Middle English Romance
  • Publisher : DS Brewer
  • File Size : 48,5 Mb
  • Release Date : 16 June 2024
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An examination of if and how medieval romance was performed, uniquely uniting the perspective of a scholar and practitioner. Although English medieval minstrels performed gestes, a genre closely related to

Middle English Romance and the Craft of Memory

Middle English Romance and the Craft of Memory
  • Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
  • File Size : 24,8 Mb
  • Release Date : 16 June 2024
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An examination of the depiction and function of memory in a variety of romances, including Troilus and Criseyde and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.

Performing Medieval Narrative

Performing Medieval Narrative
  • Publisher : DS Brewer
  • File Size : 50,7 Mb
  • Release Date : 16 June 2024
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A survey of an investigation into whether medieval narrative was designed for performance.

A Companion to Medieval Popular Romance

A Companion to Medieval Popular Romance
  • Publisher : DS Brewer
  • File Size : 29,5 Mb
  • Release Date : 16 June 2024
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Popular romance was one of the most wide-spread forms of literature in the Middle Ages, yet despite its cultural centrality, and its fundamental importance for later literary developments, the genre

The Experience of Poetry

The Experience of Poetry
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press
  • File Size : 42,7 Mb
  • Release Date : 16 June 2024
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An account of the performance of poetry from late Antiquity to the Renaissance that explores the role and importance of poetry in western culture.

Oral Poetics in Middle English Poetry

Oral Poetics in Middle English Poetry
  • Publisher : Routledge
  • File Size : 36,7 Mb
  • Release Date : 26 June 2019
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Originally published in 1994, Oral Tradition in Middle English is an edited collection providing a multidisciplinary look at the importance and nature of oral tradition in Middle English literature. The book

Approaches to Teaching the Middle English Pearl

Approaches to Teaching the Middle English Pearl
  • Publisher : Modern Language Association
  • File Size : 23,6 Mb
  • Release Date : 01 January 2018
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The moving, richly allegorical poem Pearl was likely written by the anonymous poet who also penned Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. In it, a man in a garden, grieving