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A Companion to Middle English Prose

Author : Anthony Stockwell Garfield Edwards

Publisher : DS Brewer

Page : 354 pages

File Size : 39,15 MB

Release : 2004

Category : Literary Criticism

ISBN : 9781843840183

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The essays in this volume provide an up-to-date and authoritative guide to the major prose Middle English authors and genres. Each chapter is written by a leading authority on the subject and offers a succinct account of all relevant literary, history and cultural factors that need to considered, together with bibliographical references. Authors examined include the writers of the Ancrene Wisse, the Katherine Group and the Wohunge Group; Richard Rolle; Walter Hilton; Nicholas Love; Julian of Norwich; Margery Kempe; "Sir John Mandeville"; John Trevisa, Reginald Pecock; and John Fortescue. Genres discussed include romances, saints' lives, letters, sermon literature, historical prose, anonymous devotional writings, Wycliffite prose, and various forms of technical writing. The final chapter examines the treatment of Middle English prose in the first age of print. Contributors: BELLA MILLETT, RALPH HANNA III, AD PUTTER, KANTIK GHOSH, BARRY A. WINDEATT, A.C. SPEARING, IAN HIGGINS, A.S.G. EDWARDS, VINCENT GILLESPIE, HELEN L. SPENCER, ALFRED HIATT, FIONA SOMERSET, HELEN COOPER, GEORGE KEISER, OLIVER S. PICKERING, JAMES SIMPSON, RICHARD BEADLE, ALEXANDRA GILLESPIE.



A Companion to Middle English Hagiography

Author : Sarah Salih

Publisher : DS Brewer

Page : 204 pages

File Size : 38,3 MB

Release : 2006

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 9781843840725

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The saints were the superheroes and the celebrities of medieval England, bridging the gap between heaven and earth, the living and the dead. A vast body of literature evolved during the middle ages to ensure that everyone, from kings to peasants, knew the stories of the lives, deaths and afterlives of the saints. However, despite its popularity and ubiquity, the genre of the Saint's Life has until recently been little studied. This collection introduces the canon of Middle English hagiography; places it in the context of the cults of saints; analyses key themes within hagiographic narrative, including gender, power, violence and history; and, finally, shows how hagiographic themes survived the Reformation. Overall it offers both information for those coming to the genre for the first time, and points forward to new trends in research. Dr SARAH SALIH is a Lecturer in English at the University of East Anglia. Contributors: SAMANTHA RICHES, MARY BETH LONG, CLAIRE M. WATERS, ROBERT MILLS, ANKE BERNAU, KATHERINE J. LEWIS, MATTHEW WOODCOCK





The Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Law and Literature

Author : Candace Barrington

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 235 pages

File Size : 33,64 MB

Release : 2019-08-08

Category : Law

ISBN : 1107180783

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Book Description

A comprehensive and wide-ranging account of the interrelationship between law and literature in Anglo-Saxon, Medieval and Tudor England.



The Cambridge Companion to Medieval French Literature

Author : Simon Gaunt

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : pages

File Size : 42,97 MB

Release : 2008-04-10

Category : Literary Criticism

ISBN : 9781139827874

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Medieval French literature encompasses 450 years of literary output in Old and Middle French, mostly produced in Northern France and England. These texts, including courtly lyrics, prose and verse romances, dits amoureux and plays, proved hugely influential for other European literary traditions in the medieval period and beyond. This Companion offers a wide-ranging and stimulating guide to literature composed in medieval French from its beginnings in the ninth century until the Renaissance. The essays are grounded in detailed analysis of canonical texts and authors such as the Chanson de Roland, the Roman de la Rose, Villon's Testament, Chrétien de Troyes, Machaut, Christine de Pisan and the Tristan romances. Featuring a chronology and suggestions for further reading, this is the ideal companion for students and scholars in other fields wishing to discover the riches of the French medieval tradition.



A Book of Middle English

Author : J. A. Burrow

Publisher : John Wiley & Sons

Page : 451 pages

File Size : 50,27 MB

Release : 2013-04-03

Category : Literary Criticism

ISBN : 1118697359

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This essential Middle English textbook, now in its third edition, introduces students to the wide range of literature written in England between 1150 and 1400. New, thoroughly revised edition of this essential Middle English textbook. Introduces the language of the time, giving guidance on pronunciation, spelling, grammar, metre, vocabulary and regional dialects. Now includes extracts from 'Pearl' and Chaucer's 'Troilus and Criseyde'. Bibliographic references have been updated throughout. Each text is accompanied by detailed notes.



A Companion to the Middle English Lyric

Author : Thomas Gibson Duncan

Publisher : Boydell & Brewer

Page : 330 pages

File Size : 41,88 MB

Release : 2005

Category : Literary Criticism

ISBN : 1843840650

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Aims to provide both background information on and assessments of the lyric. This work includes features of formal and thematic importance: they are rhyme scheme, stanzaic form, the carol genre, love poetry in the manner of the troubadour poets, and devotional poems focusing on the love, and suffering and compassion of Christ and the Virgin Mary.



Middle English Texts in Transition

Author : Simon Horobin

Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd

Page : 362 pages

File Size : 19,56 MB

Release : 2014

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 1903153530

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Chaucer, Gower and Langland -- Lyrics and romances -- Devotional writings -- Owners and users of medieval books -- A tribute to Professor Takamiya



English Mystics of the Middle Ages

Author : Barry A. Windeatt

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 325 pages

File Size : 42,86 MB

Release : 1994-09-29

Category : History

ISBN : 0521327407

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Book Description

First collection of late medieval English mystical writing, which has been newly edited with notes and glossary.



A Companion to Boethius in the Middle Ages

Author : Noel Harold Kaylor

Publisher : BRILL

Page : 685 pages

File Size : 27,51 MB

Release : 2012-05-03

Category : Religion

ISBN : 900418354X

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The articles in this volume focus upon Boethius's extant works: his De arithmetica and a fragmentary De musica, his translations and commentaries on logic, his five theological texts, and, of course, his Consolation of Philosophy. They examine the effects that Boethian thought has exercised upon the learning of later generations of scholars.