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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 2140
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Books in Print
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 2140
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The Ecclesiastical History of England and Normandy
Author: Ordericus VitalisPublisher:
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Category : Church history
Languages : en
Pages : 522
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Books in Print Supplement
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 2576
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A Companion to Medieval Poetry
Author: Corinne SaundersPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1405159634
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 706
Book Description
MEDIEVAL POETRY 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 15th 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 two, 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.
Books in Series in the United States
Author: The History of the English People, 1000-1154
Author: Henry (of Huntingdon)Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780192840752
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 212
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Henry of Huntingdon's narrative covers one of the most exciting and bloody periods in English history: the Norman Conquest and its aftermath. He tells of the decline of the Old English kingdom, the victory of the Normans at the Battle of Hastings, and the establishment of Norman rule. His accounts of the kings who reigned during his lifetime--William II, Henry I, and Stephen--contain unique descriptions of people and events. Henry tells how promiscuity, greed, treachery, and cruelty produced a series of disasters, rebellions, and wars. Interwoven with memorable and vivid battle-scenes are anecdotes of court life, the death and murder of nobles, and the first written record of Cnut and the waves and the death of Henry I from a surfeit of lampreys. Diana Greenway's translation of her definitive Latin text has been revised for this edition.
The Ecclesiastical History of Orderic Vitalis: Volume III: Books V and VI
Author: Orderic Vitalis,Publisher: Clarendon Press
ISBN: 9780198222194
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 436
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Betrifft die Handschrift Cod. 555 der Burgerbibliothek Bern.
The History of English Law Before the Time of Edward I.
Author: Frederick PollockPublisher:
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 738
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The Publishers' Trade List Annual
Author: Subject Guide to Books in Print
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 2476
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