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- Title
The Possibilities of Medieval Fiction.
- Authors
Karnes, Michelle
- Abstract
"The Possibilities of Medieval Fiction" argues that marvels in medieval travel literature function as unlikely possibilities that appeal to readers precisely because of their indeterminacy. Disputing the common idea that medieval readers accepted marvels as true, it argues that marvels' uncertainty was an aesthetic principle designed to pique imagination. It focuses on Mandeville's Travels and shows how its author carefully positions marvels between inventions and facts.
- Subjects
MEDIEVAL fiction; TRAVEL literature; PLACES of indeterminacy (Literature); AESTHETICS in literature; UNCERTAINTY in literature
- Publication
New Literary History, 2020, Vol 51, Issue 1, p209
- ISSN
0028-6087
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/nlh.2020.0008