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The English romance in time transforming motifs from Geoffrey of Monmouth to the death of Shakespeare

The great story motifs of romance were transmitted directly from the Middle Ages to the age of print in an abundance of editions. Spenser and Shakespeare assumed a familiarity with them and therefore exploited it, with new texts aimed at both elite and popular audiences
eBook, English, 2004
Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2004