Screen LibraryA companion to medieval English literature and culture, c.1350-c.1500
A Companion to Medieval English Literature and Culture, c.1350-c.1500 challenges readers to think beyond a narrowly defined canon and conventional disciplinary boundaries. A ground-breaking collection of newly-commissioned essays on medieval literature and culture. Reflects the erosion of the tradit...
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| Literature type: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Blackwell companions to literature and culture ;
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9780470996355 |
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A Companion to Medieval English Literature and Culture, c.1350-c.1500 challenges readers to think beyond a narrowly defined canon and conventional disciplinary boundaries. A ground-breaking collection of newly-commissioned essays on medieval literature and culture. Reflects the erosion of the traditional, rigid boundary between medieval and early modern literature. Stresses the importance of constructing contexts for reading literature. Explores the extent to which medieval literature is in dialogue with other cultural products, including the literature of other countries, manuscripts and reli. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xvii, 668 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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9780470996355 0470996358 9781405171960 1405171960 0631219730 9780631219736 9781405164283 140516428X |
| Index Number: | PR255 |
| CLC: | I109.3 |
| Contents: | Overviews. Critical approaches / David Raybin ; English society in the later Middle Ages : deference, ambition and conflict / S.H. Rigby ; Religious authority and dissent / Mishtooni Bose ; City and country, wealth and labour / Sarah Rees Jones ; Women's voices and roles / Carol M. Meale -- The production and reception of texts. Manuscripts and readers / A.S.G. Edwards ; From manuscript to modern text / Julia Boffey ; Translation and society / Catherine Batt -- Language and literature. The languages of medieval Britain / Laura Wright ; The forms of speech / Donka Minkova ; The forms of verse / Donka Minkova -- Encounters with other cultures. England and France / Ardis Butterfield ; Britain and Italy : trade, travel, translation / Nick Havely ; England's antiquities : Middle English literature and the classical past / Christopher Baswell ; Jews, Saracens, 'black men, ' Tartars : England in a world of racial difference / Geraldine Heng -- Special themes. War and chivalry / Richard W. Kaeuper and Montgomery Bohna ; Literature and law / Richard Firth Green ; Images / Peter Brown ; Love / Barry Windeatt -- Genres. Middle English romance / Thomas Hahn and Dana M. Symons ; Writing nation : shaping identity in medieval historical narratives / Raluca L. Radulescu ; Dream poems / Helen Phillips ; Lyric / Rosemary Greentree ; Literature of religious instruction / E.A. Jones ; Mystical and devotional literature / Denise N. Baker ; Accounts of lives / Kathleen Ashley ; Medieval English theatre : codes and genres / Meg Twycross ; Morality and interlude drama / Darryll Grantley -- Readings. York mystery plays / Pamela King ; The Book of Margery Kempe / Ruth Evans ; Julian of Norwich / Santha Bhattacharji ; Piers Plowman / Stephen Kelly ; Subjectivity and ideology in the Canterbury tales / Mark Miller ; John Gower and John Lydgate : forms and norms of rhetorical culture / J. Allan Mitchell ; Thomas Hoccleve, La male regle / Nicholas Perkins ; Discipline and relaxation in the poetry of Robert Henryson / R. James Goldstein ; Sir Gawain and the green knight / Kevin Gustafson ; Blood and love in Malory's Morte Darthur / Catherine La Farge. |