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Contents Acknowledgments and Note on Translation vii Polemical Preface ix Introduction 1 Part I. The Sociology of Romance 1 Hunting for Civilization: Marie de France and 25 the Sociology of Romance 2 Economies of Romance: Systems of Value 59 in Chrétien de Troyes 3 States of Union: Maiestas, Marriage, and the Politics 103 of Coercion in the Canterbury Tales Part II. Romance Form and Formality 4 Missing Bodies and Changed Forms: Literal 179 Metamorphosis in Petrarch’s Rime sparse 5 Playing for Time: Generic Disunities and Ludic 229 Dimensions in Romeo and Juliet 6 Legends of the Fall: Epic Flights and Indecorous 261 Descents in Paradise Lost List of Abbreviations 295 Notes 297 Bibliography 325 Index 349 vi Contents ...

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