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A companion to medieval English literature and culture, c.1350-c.1500
Title
A companion to medieval English literature and culture, c.1350-c.1500 / edited by Peter Brown.
ISBN
9780470996355
0470996358
9781405171960
1405171960
0631219730
9780631219736
9781405164283
140516428X
9781405195522
1405195525
Published
Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2007.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xvii, 668 pages) : illustrations.
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Summary
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. 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 reli.
Variant and related titles
Medieval English literature and culture, c.1350-c.1500
Blackwell reference online. OCLC KB.
Other formats
Print version: Companion to medieval English literature and culture, c.1350-c.1500. Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2007
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 30, 2018
Series
Blackwell companions to literature and culture ; 42
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Overviews. Critical approaches / David Raybin ; English society in the later Middle Ages : deference, ambition and conflict / S.H. Rigby ; Religious authority and dissent / Mishtooni Bose ; City and country, wealth and labour / Sarah Rees Jones ; Women's voices and roles / Carol M. Meale
The production and reception of texts. Manuscripts and readers / A.S.G. Edwards ; From manuscript to modern text / Julia Boffey ; Translation and society / Catherine Batt
Language and literature. The languages of medieval Britain / Laura Wright ; The forms of speech / Donka Minkova ; The forms of verse / Donka Minkova
Encounters with other cultures. England and France / Ardis Butterfield ; Britain and Italy : trade, travel, translation / Nick Havely ; England's antiquities : Middle English literature and the classical past / Christopher Baswell ; Jews, Saracens, 'black men, ' Tartars : England in a world of racial difference / Geraldine Heng
Special themes. War and chivalry / Richard W. Kaeuper and Montgomery Bohna ; Literature and law / Richard Firth Green ; Images / Peter Brown ; Love / Barry Windeatt
Genres. Middle English romance / Thomas Hahn and Dana M. Symons ; Writing nation : shaping identity in medieval historical narratives / Raluca L. Radulescu ; Dream poems / Helen Phillips ; Lyric / Rosemary Greentree ; Literature of religious instruction / E.A. Jones ; Mystical and devotional literature / Denise N. Baker ; Accounts of lives / Kathleen Ashley ; Medieval English theatre : codes and genres / Meg Twycross ; Morality and interlude drama / Darryll Grantley
Readings. York mystery plays / Pamela King ; The Book of Margery Kempe / Ruth Evans ; Julian of Norwich / Santha Bhattacharji ; Piers Plowman / Stephen Kelly ; Subjectivity and ideology in the Canterbury tales / Mark Miller ; John Gower and John Lydgate : forms and norms of rhetorical culture / J. Allan Mitchell ; Thomas Hoccleve, La male regle / Nicholas Perkins ; Discipline and relaxation in the poetry of Robert Henryson / R. James Goldstein ; Sir Gawain and the green knight / Kevin Gustafson ; Blood and love in Malory's Morte Darthur / Catherine La Farge.
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Genre/Form
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
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