Title
Early Middle English literature / R.M. Wilson.
ISBN
0429261349
0429523467
0429536933
0429551630
9780429261343
9780429523465
9780429536939
9780429551635
9780367196813
9780367204167
Publication
London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, [2020]
Physical Description
1 online resource (iv, 318 pages)
Local Notes
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Summary
Originally published in 1939, Early Middle English Literature is a comprehensive overview of various aspects of early Middle English literature. The book examines authorship and provenance and the effect this had upon the literature of the period. This text examines literature from the period of 1066 to 1300 and addresses the transition between Old and Middle English and looks at the effect the transition of language during this period from Anglo-French to English, had on the literature of the time.
Variant and related titles
Taylor & Francis. EBA 2024-2025.
Added to Catalog
October 04, 2024
Series
Routledge library editions. The Medieval world ; Volume 53
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
1. The Effects of the Conquest 2. The Anglo-Latin Background 3. The Anglo-French Background 4. Legal and Historical Survivals 5. The Continuity of the Homilectic Tradition 6. The Ancren Riwle and its Influence 7. The Owl and the Nightingale 8. Religious and Didactic Literature 9. Romance 10. Tales and Fables 11. Lyric Poetry 12. The Beginnings of the Drama 13. Conclusion Index
Genre/Form
Electronic books.
Electronic books.