Naming and Namelessness in Medieval Romance

By: Jane Bliss

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A survey of the significance of names, or their absence, in medieval English, French, and Anglo-Norman romance. Naming and namelessness are among the major themes of medieval romance. Because the genre is so difficult to define, scholars have viewed romance as containing a critical number of themes; this book treats naming as a major themeof romance, and furthermore examines romance's relationship with contemporary naming-theory. A new genre, it is able to play with naming in a way that previously established genres are not. The book begins with a discussion of the medieval background to romance, and explores a series of naming-patterns found across a broad range of texts. It continues with detailed analysis of twenty-one romances [in English, French, and Anglo-Norman, from 1130 to 1500], to show how naming-themes are treated differently in each, and to demonstrate the importance of name as a generic marker. Finally, an appendix provides details of each romance's context, together with indications for further research. JANE BLISS is an independent scholar; she gained her PhD from Oxford Brookes University.

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A very valuable reference work. * JOURNAL OF ENGLISH AND GERMANIC PHILOLOGY *
The volume is to be admired as much for the author's willingness to shoulder a difficult and interesting topic as it is for the breadth of primary texts that it treats. [...] Researchers interested in the topic will, nevertheless, find in this volume a rich trove of examples on which to base further study of this theme. * ENCOMIA *
An indispensable tool for scholars investigating the themes of name and identity in medieval romance. * ARTHURIANA *
[The author] has generously laid the necessary groundwork for scholars who wish to examine the theme of naming in other contexts. * SPECULUM *
Provides a refreshingly non-ideological approach to romance, cutting across the questions posed by language choice, the popular/courtly debate, gendered readings, or any other culturally evaluative analysis. A worthwhile, interesting book, which positively encourages critical engagement on the part of the reader, and further scholarship on the subject. * REVIEW OF ENGLISH STUDIES *

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Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgements	p. x
Abbreviations	p. xi
Context and Content	p. 1
The Context of Medieval Romance	p. 2
Introduction	p. 2
Defining Romance	p. 3
Describing Other Genres	p. 5
The Background	p. 11
Naming Patterns and Tendencies	p. 22
Meaning of name, and of Name	p. 23
Introduction-Ritual	p. 26
Baptism	p. 31
Change of Name	p. 34
Disguise or Incognito	p. 36
Naming as Recognition-Device	p. 40
Doubles	p. 42
Not-Names	p. 48
Total Anonymity	p. 51
Anonymous Women	p. 55
Names that Come and Go	p. 58
Love-Madness	p. 64
Intertextual References	p. 67
Saints and Other Superhumans	p. 71
Other Non-Humans	p. 76
Local Effects	p. 79
A Survey	p. 83
Themes and Meanings	p. 87
The Power of Name	p. 88
The Romance of Horn	p. 89
Amis and Amiloun	p. 94
Merlin	p. 97
Generydes	p. 102
The Fair Unknown	p. 105
Lybeaus Desconus	p. 107
Sir Garethis Tale of Orkeney that was callyd Bewmaynes	p. 112
Sir Percyvell	p. 118
Ipomadon	p. 122
Unknown Women	p. 134
Le Roman de Silence	p. 134
Emare	p. 141
La Manekine	p. 144
Constance	p. 150
The Fair Unknown Revisited	p. 155
Balaain	p. 155
Florimont	p. 160
Sir Degare	p. 165
Aveloc	p. 168
The Squire of Low Degree	p. 171
Women's Power of Name	p. 175
Madame des Belles Cousines	p. 175
The Lay of Rymenhild	p. 179
de Ydone et d'Amadas	p. 181
Hidden Women in L'Atre Perilleux	p. 185
Conclusion	p. 196
Further Contextual Information	p. 200
The Romance of Horn	p. 200
Amis and Amiloun	p. 201
Merlin	p. 202
Generydes	p. 203
Lybeaus Desconus	p. 204
Sir Garethis Tale of Orkeney	p. 205
Sir Percyvell	p. 205
Ipomadon	p. 206
Le Roman de Silence	p. 207
Emare	p. 208
La Manekine	p. 208
Constance	p. 209
Balaain	p. 210
Florimont	p. 211
Sir Degare	p. 212
Aveloc	p. 213
The Squire of Low Degree	p. 214
Jehan de Saintre	p. 214
King Horn	p. 216
Amadas et Ydoine	p. 217
L'Atre Perilleux	p. 217
Principal Texts and Authors in approximate chronological order	p. 219
Bibliography	p. 221
Primary Texts from Anthologies	p. 221
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Secondary Texts	p. 227
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