"The rise of literary fiction in medieval Europe has been a hotly debated topic among scholars for at least two decades, but until now that debate has come with

This book provides the first comprehensive study of the performance of medieval narrative, using examples from England and the Continent and a variety of genres

An introduction to the variety of medieval narrative, intended both for students and more general readers who already know some of the classics of the Middle Ag

An original study of the political, religious and literary uses of representations of the holy city in the fourteenth century.

In Medieval Autographies, A. C. Spearing develops a new engagement of narrative theory with medieval English first-person writing, focusing on the roles and fun