| Medieval Romance: The Aesthetics of Possibility Medieval Romance is the first study to focus on the deep philosophical underpinnings of the genre's fictional worlds. Knapp James : James F. Knapp is a professor in the Department of English and the Senior Associate Dean of the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh. Peggy A. Knapp is a professor in the Department of English at Carnegie Mellon University. |