Publication

2011 - Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, Scotland

Language

English

Word Count

60,500 words, Guess

Page Count

242 pages

Identifiers

and 6 more
  • ISBN-100748634606
  • Library of Congress Control Number2010681476
  • OCLC Control Number729829005
  • Better World Books9780748634606
  • Better World Books9780748634590
  • Open LibraryOL24917170M

Classifications

  • LCCPR255 .K45 2011
  • LCCPR255

Description

"Medieval literature can be daunting. This critical guide is designed to help readers to relax in the company of diverting and entertaining voices from that 'other country' that is the past. Medieval Literature 1300-1500 offers close readings of Middle English texts placed within the culture with which they interact. Famous works, like The Canterbury Tales, are discussed alongside lesser-known poems, prose, and plays, in five thematically-organised chapters, accompanied by helpful critical apparatus. Reflecting the proliferation of user-friendly editions, many available on-line, this book extends the range of Middle English writing for which there is accessible up-to-date critical support, enabling the student, the general reader, the course designer, and the aspirant specialist, to read widely and with enjoyment in the medieval period."--pub. desc.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • Edinburgh critical guides to literature

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