Author: John Edwin WellsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Middle English Literature
Author: Charles W. DunnPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317758846
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 581
Book Description
For the first time available in paperback, this classic anthology provides readers with important literary works composed during the Middle English period (1100-1500) in England, Scotland, and Ireland. The editors provide glosses for all unfamiliar words and obscure phrases and every selection refers to at least one definitive edition where details of recent scholarship can be found. Modern punctuation and capitalization are used throughout and variant spellings are kept to a minimum to avoid unnecessary confusion. The introduction discusses important literary and linguistic questions; the headnotes and bibliography offer extensive guidance to secondary sources; and the appendixes clarify pronunciation, verb use, and dialect variations.
The Index of Middle English Prose, Handlist XII
Author: Ralph HannaPublisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN: 9781843841470
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
The Index of Middle English Proseis an international collaborative project which will ultimately locate, identify and record all extant Middle English prose texts composed between c.1200 and c.1500, in both manuscript and printed form in medieval and post-medieval versions. The first step towards this goal has been this series of Handlists, each recording the holdings of a major library or group of libraries. Compiled by scholars, Handlistsinclude detailed descriptions of each prose item with identifications, categorisations and full bibliographical data. Every Handlistwill also contain a series of indexes including listings of opening and closing lines, authors, titles, subject matter and rubrics. For students of the middle ages Handlistsprovide essential bibliographical tools and shed light on a wide range of subjects.
The Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Literature 1100–1500
Author: Larry ScanlonPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139827375
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
The medieval period was one of extraordinary literary achievement sustained over centuries of great change, anchored by the Norman invasion and its aftermath, the re-emergence of English as the nation's leading literary language in the fourteenth century and the advent of print in the fifteenth. This Companion spans four full centuries to survey this most formative and turbulent era in the history of literature in English. Exploring the period's key authors - Chaucer, Langland, the Gawain-Poet, Margery Kempe, among many - and genres - plays, romances, poems and epics - the book offers an overview of the riches of medieval writing. The essays map out the flourishing field of medieval literary studies and point towards new directions and approaches. Designed to be accessible to students, the book also features a chronology and guide to further reading.
Subject Index of the Modern Works Added to the Library of the British Museum in the Years ...
Author: British MuseumPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 1024
Book Description
The Modern Language Review
Author: John George RobertsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Languages, Modern
Languages : en
Pages : 526
Book Description
Each number includes the section "Reviews."
The Index of Middle English Prose
Author: Laurel BraswellPublisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN: 9781843841531
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Among the finest manuscripts are a 'Roman de la Rose' with 125 miniatures, a 'Piers Plowman', the 'Ormsby Psalter' and the famous 'Douce Apocalypse'.
3000-3999, Modern languages and literature
Author: Princeton University. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Classified catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 642
Book Description
Subject Index of the Modern Books Acquired by the British Museum in the Years ...
Author: British MuseumPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 1030
Book Description
Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature
Author: Medieval Manuscripts in Post-Medieval England
Author: Andrew G. WatsonPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000946657
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
Two themes uniting the essays in this collection are the provenance and history of medieval manuscripts during the Middle Ages, and the fates that befell them in England in the period after the invention of printing and the 16th-century dissolution of the religious houses and visitations of the universities. The section 'Libraries and collectors' includes papers on seven major English collectors of the 16th and 17th centuries, and the section 'Manuscripts' concerns the fates of five manuscripts or groups of manuscripts from England, Belgium and Italy. Of the other chapters one is concerned with the post-medieval history of the library of All Souls College, Oxford, and another with the provenance of hundreds of manuscripts in the Harleian collection in the British Library. For this volume Andrew Watson has provided extensive additional notes and indexes.