Author : Thomas Gibson Duncan
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 21,39 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1843840650
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.
Author : James J. Wilhelm
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 26,77 MB
Release : 2019-06-03
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0429638949
Originally published in 1990, the main purpose of this anthology is to present the vernacular secular lyric of the Middle Ages, although it also includes Latin literature of the Middle Ages and the influence of the hymn.
Author : Maxwell Luria
Publisher : Norton Critical Editions
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 43,90 MB
Release : 1974
Category : Civilization, Medieval, in literature
ISBN :
An anthology of 245 Middle English lyrics that includes modernized punctuation, capitalization, and obsolete letters, making the text easier to read and understand.
Author : John C. Hirsh
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 48,57 MB
Release : 2008-04-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0470755512
Medieval Lyric is a colourful collection of lyrical poems, carols, and traditional British ballads written between the thirteenth and fifteenth centuries, together with some twentieth-century American versions of them. A lively and engaging collection of lyrical poems, carols, and traditional British ballads written in between the thirteenth and fifteenth centuries, together with some twentieth-century American versions of them. Introduces readers to the rich variety of Middle English poetry. Presents poems of mourning and of celebration, poems dedicated to the Blessed Virgin and to Christ, poems inviting or disparaging love, poems about sex, and more. Reader-friendly - uses modernized letter forms, punctuation and capitalization, and side glosses explaining difficult words. Opens with a substantial introduction by the editor to the medieval lyric as a genre, and features short introductions to each section and poem. Also includes an annotated bibliography, glossary, index of first lines, and list of manuscripts cited.
Author : Larry Scanlon
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 49,49 MB
Release : 2009-06-18
Category : History
ISBN : 0521841674
A wide-ranging survey of the most important medieval authors and genres, designed for students of English.
Author : Robert David Stevick
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 21,90 MB
Release : 1994
Category : English poetry
ISBN : 9780252063794
Stevick's classic work remains the only text of its kind aimed at fostering the linguistic competence necessary to understand its poems in Middle English. The wide range of lyric poems in the book are normalized to a Chaucerian dialect. The introduction has been revised to take into account the scholarship and criticism published since the first edition appeared in 1964. It gives the background for the poetry, explains how and why the texts are normalized, and reviews significant critical scholarly studies of the works. Included is a section on morphology and grammar that introduces students to the language of the lyrics, and a section on the evolving meter of Middle English. "A fine piece of work. . . . Learned, wide-ranging, and judicious." -- John B. Friedman, author of The Monstrous Races in Medieval Art and Thought "An impressive collection. Stevick's decision to normalize the texts makes it highly accessible." -- Ralph Hanna III, University of California, Riverside
Author : Laura Lambdin
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 45,23 MB
Release : 2002-06-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN :
Many of the contributors to this companion teach English at American universities. The volume, which provides undergraduates with an overview of the field, contains 19 chapters, each describing a different genre, including epic poetry, chronicle, Breton lay, balladry, and riddles. The chapters include a short bibliography; a more comprehensive bibliography appears at the end. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
Author : Julia Boffey
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 12,33 MB
Release : 2018-08-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781843844976
A collection attesting to the richness and lasting appeal of these short forms of Middle English verse.
Author : Larry Scanlon
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 36,8 MB
Release : 2009-06-18
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1139827375
The medieval period was one of extraordinary literary achievement sustained over centuries of great change, anchored by the Norman invasion and its aftermath, the re-emergence of English as the nation's leading literary language in the fourteenth century and the advent of print in the fifteenth. This Companion spans four full centuries to survey this most formative and turbulent era in the history of literature in English. Exploring the period's key authors - Chaucer, Langland, the Gawain-Poet, Margery Kempe, among many - and genres - plays, romances, poems and epics - the book offers an overview of the riches of medieval writing. The essays map out the flourishing field of medieval literary studies and point towards new directions and approaches. Designed to be accessible to students, the book also features a chronology and guide to further reading.
Author : Peter Brown
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 692 pages
File Size : 31,17 MB
Release : 2009-10-26
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1405195525
A Companion to Medieval English Literature and Culture, c.1350-c.1500 challenges readers to think beyond a narrowly defined canon and conventional disciplinary boundaries. A ground-breaking collection of newly-commissioned essays on medieval literature and culture. Encourages students to think beyond a narrowly defined canon and conventional disciplinary boundaries. Reflects the erosion of the traditional, rigid boundary between medieval and early modern literature. Stresses the importance of constructing contexts for reading literature. Explores the extent to which medieval literature is in dialogue with other cultural products, including the literature of other countries, manuscripts and religion. Includes close readings of frequently-studied texts, including texts by Chaucer, Langland, the Gawain poet, and Hoccleve. Confronts some of the controversies that exercise students of medieval literature, such as those connected with literary theory, love, and chivalry and war.
