This study features essays from leading scholars highlighting the important Jewish contributions to the popular medieval genre of romance. Writing against strict notions of genre boundaries and canonization, this volume provides a new understanding of medieval and early modern romance through a working definition consisting of variable elements, including language, literary devices, plot, and characters. The contributions in this volume establish that many texts written in the medieval and early modern Jewish communities across Europe and beyond can be classified as "romance.” Each of the nine chapters as well as the afterword by Eli Yassif discusses romance as it relates to the medieval and early modern Jewish world, as well as the greater non-Jewish context. This volume places Jewish texts into the scholarly conversation as sources for forming a new understanding of the genre of romance across religious and cultural boundaries.
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Bibliographische Angaben
Auflage
1/2023
Copyrightjahr
2023
ISBN-Print
978-1-80270-012-1
ISBN-Online
978-1-80270-133-3
Verlag
Arc Humanities Press, Yorkshire
Reihe
Jewish Engagements
Sprache
Englisch
Seiten
224
Produkttyp
Sammelband
Inhaltsverzeichnis
KapitelSeiten
CONTENTS Kein Zugriff
List of Illustrations Kein Zugriff
Acknowledgements Kein Zugriff
Introduction Kein Zugriff Seiten 1 - 14
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The Zohar as Medieval Jewish Romance Kein Zugriff Seiten 15 - 34
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Letters of Loathing Kein Zugriff Seiten 35 - 48
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Illuminated Knights and Tales of Romance in the Rothschild Miscellany Kein Zugriff Seiten 49 - 72
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The Queen Nudatio: A Romanesque (?) Topos in Israel Caslari’s Roman d’Esther Kein Zugriff Seiten 73 - 94
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At the Court of the Demon King: The Story of the Jerusalemite and Chivalric Romance Kein Zugriff Seiten 95 - 106
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Melekh Artus as a Jewish Romance Kein Zugriff Seiten 107 - 128
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A Friend in Need is a Friend Indeed? Kein Zugriff Seiten 129 - 152
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Stealing Back One’s Husband Kein Zugriff Seiten 153 - 170
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Romance Elements in Meshal haQadmoni by Isaac Ibn Sahula Kein Zugriff Seiten 171 - 196
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Afterword: Jewish Romance in Search of Identity Kein Zugriff Seiten 197 - 207
