Concise Companion to Middle English Literature.
This concise companion examines contexts that are essential to understanding and interpreting writing in English produced in the period between approximately 1100 and 1500. The essays in the book explore ways in which Middle English literature is 'different' from the literature of other pe...
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| Language: | English |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Imprint: | Hoboken : Wiley, 2009. |
| Series: | Blackwell concise companions to literature and culture
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| Local Note: | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries. |
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| 505 | 0 | |a Intro -- A Concise Companion to Middle English Literature -- List of Illustrations -- List of Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Marilyn Corrie -- Part I Key Contexts -- Chapter 1 Signs and Symbols -- Barry Windeatt -- Chapter 2 Religious Belief -- Marilyn Corrie -- Chapter 3 Women and Literature -- Catherine Sanok -- Chapter 4 The Past -- Andrew Galloway -- Part II The Production of Middle English Literature -- Chapter 5 Production and Dissemination -- Alexandra Gillespie -- Chapter 6 The Author -- Jane Griffiths -- Part III Writing in Middle English -- Writing in England -- Chapter 7 Language -- Jeremy J. Smith -- Chapter 8 Translation and Adaptation -- Helen Cooper -- Chapter 9 Contemporary Events -- Helen Barr -- Part IV Middle English Literature in the Post-Medieval World -- Chapter 10 Manuscripts and Modern Editions -- Daniel Wakelin -- Chapter 11 The Afterlife of Middle English Literature -- David Matthews -- Index. | |
| 520 | |a This concise companion examines contexts that are essential to understanding and interpreting writing in English produced in the period between approximately 1100 and 1500. The essays in the book explore ways in which Middle English literature is 'different' from the literature of other periods. The book includes discussion of such issues as the religious and historical background to Middle English literature, the circumstances and milieux in which it was produced, its linguistic features, and the manuscripts in which it has been preserved. Amongst the great range of writers and writings discussed, the book considers the works of the most widely read Middle English author, Chaucer, against the background of the period that he both typifies and subverts.An accessible resource that examines contexts essential to understanding and interpreting writing of the Middle English periodChapters explore the distinctiveness of Middle English literatureBrings together discussion and analysis by an international team of Middle English specialists, incorporating fresh material and new insightsIncludes analysis of Chaucer's writings, and considers them in relation to the work of his Middle English predecessors, contemporaries and successorsIncorporates discussion of issues steering the perception of Middle English literature in the present day. | ||
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| 590 | |a Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a English literature -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- History and criticism.;Great Britain -- Civilization -- 1066-1485. | |
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