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A companion to medieval poetry
Title
A companion to medieval poetry / edited by Corinne Saunders.
ISBN
9781444319095
1444319094
9781444319101
1444319108
9781405197427
1405197420
Publication
Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.
Copyright Notice Date
©2010
Physical Description
1 online resource (xvii, 683 pages)
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Summary
"In a series of original essays from leading literary scholars, this Companion offers a chronological sweep of medieval poetry from Old English to the great genres of romance, narrative and alliterative poetry of the fifteenth century." "Beginning in the Anglo-Saxon period, the volume explores the Old English language and its alliterative tradition, before moving on to examine the genres of heroic, devotional, wisdom and epic poetry, culminating in a discussion of arguably the founding text of the English literary canon, the great epic Beowulf." "In Part II, the Companion moves on to discuss the linguistic and social changes brought about as a result of the Norman Conquest, exploring how this influenced the development of literary genres. Essays probe the shifts and continuities in genres such as lyric, chronicle and dream vision, and the emergence of new genres such as popular and courtly romance, and drama. A particular focus is the continuation of the alliterative tradition from the Anglo-Saxon period to the fifteenth century. A series of chapters on major authors, including Chaucer, Gower and Langland, provide fresh approaches to reading and studying key texts, such as The Canterbury Tales, Piers Plowman and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight." "Finally, the collection examines cultural change at the close of the medieval period and the variety of literature produced in the 'long fifteenth century', including writing by and for women, Scots poetry, clerical and courtly works, and secular and sacred drama."--Jacket.
Variant and related titles
Blackwell reference online. OCLC KB.
Other formats
Print version: Companion to medieval poetry. Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
November 29, 2023
Series
Blackwell companions to literature and culture ; 67
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
List of Figures
Notes on Contributors
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part I
Old English Poetry
Contexts
Chapter 1
The World of Anglo-Saxon England
Chapter 2
The Old English Language and the Alliterative Tradition
Chapter 3
Old English Manuscripts and Readers
Chapter 4
Old English and Latin Poetic Traditions
Genres and Modes
Chapter 5
Germanic Legend and Old English Heroic Poetry
Chapter 6
Old English Biblical and Devotional Poetry
Chapter 7
Old English Wisdom Poetry
Chapter 8
Old English Epic Poetry: Beowulf
Part II
Middle English Poetry
Contexts
Chapter 9
The World of Medieval England: From the Norman Conquest to the Fourteenth Century
Chapter 10
Middle English Language and Poetry
Chapter 11
Middle English Manuscripts and Readers
Genres and Modes
Chapter 12
Legendary History and Chronicle: Lazamon's Brut and the Chronicle Tradition
Chapter 13
Medieval Debate-Poetry and The Owl and the Nightingale
Chapter 14
Lyrics, Sacred and Secular
Chapter 15
Macaronic Poetry
Chapter 16
Popular Romance
Chapter 17
Arthurian and Courtly Romance
Chapter 18
Alliterative Poetry: Religion and Morality
Chapter 19
Alliterative Poetry and Politics
Poets and Poems
Chapter 20
The Poet of Pearl, Cleanness and Patience
Chapter 21
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Chapter 22
William Langland: Piers Plowman
Chapter 23
Chaucer's Love Visions
Chapter 24
Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde
Chapter 25
Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales
Chapter 26
The Poetry of John Gower
Part III
Post-Chaucerian and Fifteenth-Century Poetry
Contexts
Chapter 27
England in the Long Fifteenth Century
Chapter 28
Poetic Language in the Fifteenth Century
Chapter 29
Manuscript and Print: Books, Readers and Writers
Poets and Poems
Chapter 30
Hoccleve and Lydgate
Chapter 31
Women and Writing
Chapter 32
Medieval Scottish Poetry
Chapter 33
Courtiers and Courtly Poetry
Chapter 34
Drama: Sacred and Secular
Epilogue: Afterlives of Medieval English Poetry
Index.
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