Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-258) and index
Ch. 1 'Not Knowing Their Parents': Reading Chivalric Romance -- Ch. 2 The Progress of Romance (I): Kenilworth, 1575 -- Ch. 3 Castles in the Air: Quixotic Representations on the Seventeenth-Century Stage -- Ch. 4 'Gentleman-Like Adventure': Duelling in the 'Life' of Lord Herbert of Cherbury -- Ch. 5 'The Lady Errant': Katherine Philips as Reader of Romance -- Ch. 6 The Progress of Romance (II): Kenilworth, Chivalry, and the Middle Ages -- Conclusion: 'The Chronicle of Wasted Time'
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Includes information on Arthurian romances, Migel de Cervantes Saavedra, Captain Cox, George Gascoigne, Heraldry, Edward Herbert, Ben Johnson, Francis Kirkman, Gautier de Costes de la Calprenede, Robert Laneham, Sir Thomas Malory, John Marston, William Shakespeare, Sir Philip Sidney, Edmund Spenser, Margaret Spufford, Thomas arton, women and romance, etc
Chivalry in literature
English literature-- Early modern, 1500-1700-- History and criticism
Knights and knighthood in literature
Literature and history-- England-- History-- 16th century
Literature and history-- England-- History-- 17th century