Companion to Medieval English Literature and Culture, c.1350 - c.1500
«Overall, this book, another one of Peter Brown's Herculean labors, is a true gift to medieval scholarship. A compendium of useful information and bibliographic references, it will be useful to a wide variety of medieval-ists, whether undergraduates, graduates, faculty, or independent scholars, formany years to come." (Modern Philology, 2 November 2011)
"A very solid introduction to the scansion of fourteenth- and fifteenth-century verse is published in the new volume of Wiley-Blackwell's Companion series: A Companion to Medieval Literature and Culture, c.1350-c.1500, edited by Peter Brown." (Ywes, 28 August 2011)
“These thorough, engaging essays decertify many canonical certainties … Highly Recommended.” CHOICE
“Another grand project that combines breadth and depth … A highly eminent collection of thirty-eight contributions ranges over a variety of topics.”
Medium Aevum"There is plenty here for everybody, and all of it written in a way accessible to the general reader as well as to the student, or fellow specialist."
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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.
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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.
- Encourages students to think beyond a narrowly defined canon and conventional disciplinary boundaries.
- 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 religion.
- Includes close readings of frequently-studied texts, including texts by Chaucer, Langland, the Gawain poet, and Hoccleve.
- Confronts some of the controversies that exercise students of medieval literature, such as those connected with literary theory, love, and chivalry and war.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 686
- ISBN
- 9780631219736
- Utgivelsesår
- 2006
- Format
- 25 x 18 cm
Om forfatteren
Peter Brown is Professor of Medieval English Literature at the University of Kent. His book publications include
A Companion to Chaucer (Wiley-Blackwell, 2000),
Reading Dreams: The Interpretation of Dreams from Chaucer to Shakespeare (1999),
Chaucer at Work: The Making of the Canterbury Tales (1994) and, with Andrew Butcher,
The Age of Saturn: Literature and History in the Canterbury Tales (1991).
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«Overall, this book, another one of Peter Brown's Herculean labors, is a true gift to medieval scholarship. A compendium of useful information and bibliographic references, it will be useful to a wide variety of medieval-ists, whether undergraduates, graduates, faculty, or independent scholars, formany years to come." (Modern Philology, 2 November 2011)
"A very solid introduction to the scansion of fourteenth- and fifteenth-century verse is published in the new volume of Wiley-Blackwell's Companion series: A Companion to Medieval Literature and Culture, c.1350-c.1500, edited by Peter Brown." (Ywes, 28 August 2011)
“These thorough, engaging essays decertify many canonical certainties … Highly Recommended.” CHOICE
“Another grand project that combines breadth and depth … A highly eminent collection of thirty-eight contributions ranges over a variety of topics.”
Medium Aevum"There is plenty here for everybody, and all of it written in a way accessible to the general reader as well as to the student, or fellow specialist."
»
Reference Reviews
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