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Author | : Stephen Coote |
Publisher | : Penguin Group |
Total Pages | : 382 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : |
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This new guide covers seven hundred years of English literature. Stephen Coote describes the major figures and works of the period - Beowulf, King Alfred, Chaucer, Langland, Henryson, the Gawain-poet and Malory as well as lesser-known poets. Considerable attention is given to Chaucer and the extensive treatment of 'Troilus and Criseyde' demonstrates the range of concerns that can be brought to a medieval text. Chapters are devoted to alliterative poetry, popular romance, ballad and lyric, medieval drama and Middle English prose, set against a background of the European literary tradition and of medieval circumstances and ways of thought. The discussion of the development of the language from Old English to Middle English show how, through the genius of Chaucer, it took 'its plae beside the great literary vernaculars of Europe'. -- Book cover.
Author | : Clare A. Lees |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 910 |
Release | : 2012-11-29 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 131617509X |
Download The Cambridge History of Early Medieval English Literature Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Informed by multicultural, multidisciplinary perspectives, The Cambridge History of Early Medieval English Literature offers a new exploration of the earliest writing in Britain and Ireland, from the end of the Roman Empire to the mid-twelfth century. Beginning with an account of writing itself, as well as of scripts and manuscript art, subsequent chapters examine the earliest texts from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, and the tremendous breadth of Anglo-Latin literature. Chapters on English learning and literature in the ninth century and the later formation of English poetry and prose also convey the profound cultural confidence of the period. Providing a discussion of essential texts, including Beowulf and the writings of Bede, this History captures the sheer inventiveness and vitality of early medieval literary culture through topics as diverse as the literature of English law, liturgical and devotional writing, the workings of science and the history of women's writing.
Author | : Tamara Atkin |
Publisher | : Boydell & Brewer |
Total Pages | : 364 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1843844354 |
Download The Psalms and Medieval English Literature Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
An examination of how The Book of Psalms shaped medieval thought and helped develop the medieval English literary canon.
Author | : R. M. Wilson |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 287 |
Release | : 2019-07-08 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0429515707 |
Download The Lost Literature of Medieval England Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Originally published in 1952 The Lost Literature of Medieval England provides an account of lost masterpieces of medieval English literature. The book examines the evidence for their existence and pieces together a fuller understanding of the literary traditions of the period. In more specific detail, the book looks at the concept of Christian epics and religious and didactic literature, as well as the drama and the lyrical poetry of the period.
Author | : Thomas J. Garbáty |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : English literature |
ISBN | : 9780881339505 |
Download Medieval English Literature Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : S. Horlacher |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 445 |
Release | : 2011-12-19 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 113701587X |
Download Constructions of Masculinity in British Literature from the Middle Ages to the Present Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
An in-depth analysis into the construction of male identity as well as a unique and comprehensive historical overview of how masculinity has been constructed in British literature from the Middle Ages to the present. This book is an important contribution to the emerging field of masculinity studies.
Author | : Dana Oswald |
Publisher | : Boydell & Brewer |
Total Pages | : 245 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1843842327 |
Download Monsters, Gender and Sexuality in Medieval English Literature Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A gendered reading of monster and the monstrous body in medieval literature. Monsters abound in Old and Middle English literature, from Grendel and his mother in Beowulf to those found in medieval romances such as Sir Gowther. Through a close examination of the way in which their bodies are sexed and gendered, and drawing from postmodern theories of gender, identity, and subjectivity, this book interrogates medieval notions of the body and the boundaries of human identity. Case studies of Wonders of the East, Beowulf, Mandeville's Travels, the Alliterative Morte Arthure, and Sir Gowther reveal a shift in attitudes toward the gendered and sexed body, and thus toward identity, between the two periods: while Old English authors and artists respond to the threat of the gendered, monstrous form by erasing it, Middle English writers allow transgressive and monstrous bodies to transform and therefore integrate into society. This metamorphosis enables redemption for some monsters, while other monstrous bodies become dangerously flexible and invisible, threatening the communities they infiltrate. These changing cultural reactions to monstrous bodies demonstrate the precarious relationship between body and identity in medieval literature. DANA M. OSWALD is Assistant Professor of English, University of Wisconsin-Parkside.
Author | : W R J Barron |
Publisher | : University of Wales Press |
Total Pages | : 650 |
Release | : 2020-11-15 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1786837412 |
Download The Arthur of the English Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This first comprehensive treatment of Arthurian literature in the English language up until the end of the Middle Ages is now available for the first time in paperback. English people think of Arthur as their own – stamped on the landscape in scores of place-names, echoed in the names of princes even today. Yet some would say the English were the historical Arthur’s bitterest enemies and usurpers of his heritage. The process by which Arthurian legends have become an important part of England’s cultural heritage is traced in this book. Previous studies have concentrated on the handful of chivalric romances, which have given the impression that Arthur is a hero of romantic escapism. This study seeks to provide a more comprehensive and insightful look at the English Arthurian legends and how they evolved. It focuses primarily upon the literary aspects of Arthurian legend, but it also makes some important political and social observations.
Author | : Peter Brown |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 692 |
Release | : 2009-10-26 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1405195525 |
Download A Companion to Medieval English Literature and Culture, c.1350 - c.1500 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
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.
Author | : M. Hayes |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 246 |
Release | : 2011-04-25 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0230118739 |
Download Divine Ventriloquism in Medieval English Literature Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A study of medieval attitudes towards the ventriloquism of God's and Christ's voices through human media, which reveals a progression from an orthodox view of divine vocal power to an anxiety over the authority of the priest's voice to a subversive take on the divine voice that foreshadows Protestant devotion.