Modern Retellings of Chivalric Texts vs Pastoral: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Histoire et critique, Literary, History and criticism
Modern Retellings of Chivalric Texts
Published in 1999, the ten essays in this collection identify and examine reworkings of identifiable source texts from the medieval or Renaissance periods. The reasons for the modern adaptations depend variously on an…
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Pastoral
Terry Gifford clarifies the different uses of pastoral, and traces the history of the genre from its classical origins in the poetic dialogues of supposed shepherds, to Elizabethan dramas such as The Winters Tale,…
The verdict
- Very close on paper — pick by the themes that pull you more.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Modern Retellings of Chivalric Texts | Pastoral | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.1 (2066) |
Reception
| Modern Retellings of Chivalric Texts | Pastoral | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | — | 2066 |
| Editions | 6 | 14 |
| Citations | — | 335 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 62 |
| Reading it now | — | 3 |
| Written reviews | — | 4 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 6853 |
| Pages | 176 | 208 |