Author: Charles Sears BaldwinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
An Introduction to English Medieval Literature
Author: Charles Sears BaldwinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Medieval Writers and Their Work
Author: J. A. BurrowPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199532044
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 165
Book Description
A fully updated second edition of J. A. Burrow's hugely successful introduction to medieval English literature.
An Introduction to English Medieval Literature
Author: Charles Sears BaldwinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
Medieval Literature: The Basics
Author: Angela Jane WeislPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317210638
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
Medieval Literature: The Basics is an engaging introduction to this fascinating body of literature. The volume breaks down the variety of genres used in the corpus of medieval literature and makes these texts accessible to readers. It engages with the familiarities present in the narratives and connects these ideas with a contemporary, twenty-first century audience. The volume also addresses contemporary medievalism to show the presence of medieval literature in contemporary culture, such as film, television, games, and novels. From Dante and Chaucer to Christine de Pisan, this book deals with questions such as: What is medieval literature? What are some of the key topics and genres of medieval literature? How did it evolve as technology, such as the printing press, developed? How has it remained relevant in the twenty-first century? Medieval Literature: The Basics is an ideal introduction for students coming to the subject for the first time, while also acting as a springboard from which deeper interaction with medieval literature can be developed.
An Introduction to Geoffrey Chaucer
Author: Tison PughPublisher: University Press of Florida
ISBN: 0813048354
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
Geoffrey Chaucer is widely considered the father of English literature. This introduction begins with a review of his life and the cultural milieu of fourteenth-century England and then expands into analyses of such major works as The Parliament of Fowls, Troilus and Criseyde, and, of course, the Canterbury Tales, examining them alongside a selection of lesser known verses.
Medieval Literature
Author: Elaine M. TreharnePublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199668493
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
This Very Short Introduction provides a compelling account of the emergence of the earliest literature in Britain and Ireland, including English, Welsh, Scottish, Irish, Anglo-Latin and Anglo-Norman. Introducing the reader to some of the greatest poetry, prose and drama ever written, Elaine Treharne discusses the historical and intellectual background to these works, and considers the physical production of the manuscripts and the earliest beginnings of print culture. Covering both well-known texts, such as Beowulf, The Canterbury Tales and the Mabinogion, as well as texts that are much less familiar, such as sermons, saints' lives, lyrics and histories, Treharne discusses major themes such as sin and salvation, kingship and authority, myth and the monstrous, and provides a full, but brief, account of one of the major periods in literary history. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Medieval Literature and Culture
Author: Andrew GallowayPublisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 0826486576
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
An introductory guide provides a concise overview of medieval literature and its context.
The Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Literature 1100-1500
Author: Larry ScanlonPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521841674
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
A wide-ranging survey of the most important medieval authors and genres, designed for students of English.
Introducing English Medieval Book History
Author: Ralph HannaPublisher: Exeter Medieval Texts and Stud
ISBN: 9780859898713
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book offers an introduction to medieval English book-history through a sequence of exemplary analyses of commonplace book-historical problems. Rather than focus on bibliographical particulars, the volume considers a variety of ways in which scholars use manuscripts to discuss book culture, and it provides a wide-ranging introductory bibliography to aid in the study. All the essays try to suggest how the study of surviving medieval books might be useful in considering medieval literary culture more generally. Subjects covered include authorship, genre, discontinuous production, scribal individuality and community, the history of libraries and the history of book provenance.
An Introduction to English Medieval Literature (Classic Reprint)
Author: Charles Sears BaldwinPublisher:
ISBN: 9781330626610
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Excerpt from An Introduction to English Medieval Literature The recent abundance of reprints and translations marks a second approach toward the recovery of the middle age. While the previous generation of historians was dispelling the legendary darkness of this dark age the critics turned the connotation of Gothic from pity to praise. Pity for the middle age became so antiquated that enthusiasts ventured even to demand worship instead. What remained for our time was more exact appreciation through an increasing availability of medieval literature. To the widely interesting body of literature now at hand in English I have tried here to furnish a students' guide. This book is not for scholars. They are provided already. What seemed to be lacking was such a brief manual as should open the main literary significances to students not specially trained. Therefore, though the discussion necessarily includes works written in Latin and Old French, and relies, of course, on foreign as well as English scholarship, the citations and the suggestions for further study are generally limited to works accessible in English. What I have thus tried to provide is, not a substitute for close study, but an introduction. Meantime even a general survey of English medieval literature corrects perspective. The larger literary interests and habits of the time, even when some of them are discerned through translations, open the way for truer appreciation of later interests. For the comprehension of later, more complex forms also, the best preparation is study of the earlier and simpler forms. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.