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The Transmission of Medieval Romance: Metres, Manuscripts and Early Prints

Edited by Ad Putter, Edited by Judith A. Jefferson, Contributions by Ad Putter, Contributions by Carol Meale, Contributions by Derek Pearsall, Contributions by Donka Minkova, Contributions by Elizabeth Robertson, Contributions by Jordi Sanchez-Marti, Contributions by Judith Jefferson, Contributions by Professor Michelle De Groot

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The genre of medieval romance examined through the lens of their physical and their metrical forms. Romances were immensely popular with medieval readers, as evidenced by their ubiquity in manuscripts and early print. The essays collected here deal with the textual transmission of medieval romances in England and Scotland, combining this with investigations into their metre and form; this comparison of the romances in both their material form and their verse form sheds new light on their cultural and social contexts. Topics addressed include the textualhistory of Sir Orfeo; the singing of Middle English romances; their rhythms and rhyme schemes; their printed transmission from Caxton to Wynkyn de Worde; and the representation of the Otherworld in manuscript miscellanies. AD PUTTER is Professor of Medieval English at the University of Bristol; JUDITH A. JEFFERSON is Research Associate at the University of Bristol. Contributors: Michelle de Groot, Judith A. Jefferson, RebeccaE. Lyons, Carol M. Meale, Donka Minkova, Nicholas Mylkebust, Derek Pearsall, Rhiannon Purdie, Ad Putter, Elizabeth Robertson, Jordi SÃ¡nchez-MartÃ, Thorlac Turville-Petre