Partonopeus de Blois: Romance in the Making

First book-length treatment of a fascinating medieval French romance, underlining its influence in the genre. Partonopeus de Blois is one of the most important works of twelfth-century French fiction; it shaped the development of romance as a genre, gave rise to adaptations in several other medieval languages and even an opera (Massanet's Esclarmonde ). However, partly because of its complicated transmission history, and partly due to the fact that it has been overshadowed by the works of Chréti