Cattle-Raids and Courtships: Medieval Narrative Genres in a Traditional Context

288 Pages·1989·9.612 MB·English

by  Vincent A. Dunn

Garland Monographs
in Medieval Literature
Editors
Christopher Kleinhenz,
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Paul E. Szarmach,
State University of New York at Binghamton
Garland Monographs
in Medieval Literature
1. Kimberlee Anne Campbell, The Protean Text: A
Study of Versions of the Medieval French Legend
of “Doon and Olive"
2. Vincent A. Dunn, Cattle-Raids and Courtships:
Medieval Narrative Genres in a Traditional Context
CATTLE-RAIDS AND COURTSHIPS
Medieval Narrative Genres
in a Traditional Context
by
VINCENT A. DUNN
Volume 2
GARLAND MONOGRAPHS IN MEDIEVAL LITERATURE
Garland Publishing, Inc.
New York & London
1989
© 1989 Vincent A. Dunn
All rights reserved
Library of Congress Cataloging-In-Publication Data
Dunn, Vincent Ambrose.
Cattle-raids and courtships : medieval narrative genres in a
traditional context / by Vincent A. Dunn.
p. cm. — (Garland monographs in medieval literature ; v. 2)
(Garland reference library of the humanities; vol. 866)
Based on the author's Ph.D. thesis ("Narrative modes and genres
in medieval English, Celtic, and French literature")—University of
California, Berkeley, 1984.
Bibliography: p.
Includes index.
ISBN 0-8240-4428-2 (alk. paper)
1. Literature, Medieval—History and criticism. 2. Great Britain—
Literatures—History and criticism. 3- Celtic literature—History
and criticism. 4. Literature, Medieval—Celtic influences. 3. Oral
tradition—Great Britain. 6. Narration (Rhetoric) 7. Literary
form. I. Title. II. Series. III. Series: Garland reference
library of the humanities ; vol. 866.
PN671.D86 1989
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