Bibliograph

English literature of the Middle Ages, Stephen Coote

Type

Label

English literature of the Middle Ages, Stephen Coote

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-341) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

English literature of the Middle Ages

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

18960583

Responsibility statement

Stephen Coote

Series statement

Pelican books

Summary

This new guide covers seven hundred years of English literature. Stephen Coote describes the major figures and works of the period - Beowulf, King Alfred, Chaucer, Langland, Henryson, the Gawain-poet and Malory as well as lesser-known poets. Considerable attention is given to Chaucer and the extensive treatment of 'Troilus and Criseyde' demonstrates the range of concerns that can be brought to a medieval text. Chapters are devoted to alliterative poetry, popular romance, ballad and lyric, medieval drama and Middle English prose, set against a background of the European literary tradition and of medieval circumstances and ways of thought. The discussion of the development of the language from Old English to Middle English show how, through the genius of Chaucer, it took 'its plae beside the great literary vernaculars of Europe'. -- Book cover

Table Of Contents

Old English literature -- Early Middle English and its literature -- The rise of Middle English -- Geoffrey Chaucer -- Chaucer's friends and followers -- Alliterative poetry -- Popular romance, ballad and lyric -- Medieval drama -- Middle English prose

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