Empire of Magic: Medieval Romance and the Politics of Cultural Fantasy

Drawing upon feminist and gender theory, as well as cultural analyses of race, class and colonialism, this book revises our understanding of the literary genre of medieval romance. It argues that the romance genre arose in the 12th century as a cultural response to the trauma of war.

• | Author: Geraldine Heng
• | Publisher: Columbia University Press
• | Publication Date: October 06, 2004
• | Number of Pages: 536 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0231125275
• | ISBN-13: 9780231125277