A Companion to Middle English Prose - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1843840189 ISBN 13 : 9781843840183

Editeur : D.S. Brewer, 2004

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Présentation de l'éditeur :

The essays in this volume provide an up-to-date and authoritative guide to the major prose Middle English authors and genres. Each chapter is written by a leading authority on the subject and offers a succinct account of all relevant literary, history and cultural factors that need to considered, together with bibliographical references. Authors examined include the writers of the Ancrene Wisse, the Katherine Group and the Wohunge Group; Richard Rolle; Walter Hilton; Nicholas Love; Julian of Norwich; Margery Kempe; 'Sir John Mandeville'; John Trevisa, Reginald Pecock; and John Fortescue. Genres discussed include romances, saints' lives, letters, sermon literature, historical prose, anonymous devotional writings, Wycliffite prose, and various forms of technical writing. The final chapter examines the treatment of Middle English prose in the first age of print.

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(A) fine collection of essays from which Middle English prose emerges once again as one of the most stimulating and exciting areas of medieval literature. There can be no doubt that 'A Companion to Middle English Prose' will establish itself in no time as a sine qua non for all who find themselves drawn to this rapidly developing field. --Anglia

An up-to-date and authoritative guide to the major prose Middle English authors and genres. --Medium Aevum

This is a book which should have a place on the shelves of every university where Medieval English is taught. --Ricardian

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: D.S. Brewer
• Date d'édition: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1843840189
• ISBN 13: 9781843840183
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 344