UID:
almafu_9959695957102883
Format:
1 online resource (xix, 294 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-139-80117-1
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1-139-00252-X
Series Statement:
Cambridge companions to literature
Uniform Title:
Cambridge companions online.
Content:
The medieval period was one of extraordinary literary achievement sustained over centuries of great change, anchored by the Norman invasion and its aftermath, the re-emergence of English as the nation's leading literary language in the fourteenth century and the advent of print in the fifteenth. This Companion spans four full centuries to survey this most formative and turbulent era in the history of literature in English. Exploring the period's key authors - Chaucer, Langland, the Gawain-Poet, Margery Kempe, among many - and genres - plays, romances, poems and epics - the book offers an overview of the riches of medieval writing. The essays map out the flourishing field of medieval literary studies and point towards new directions and approaches. Designed to be accessible to students, the book also features a chronology and guide to further reading.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Nov 2015).
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Re-inventing the vernacular: Middle English language and its literature /
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Textual production and textual communities /
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Religious writing: hagiography, pastoralia, devotional and contemplative works /
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Romance /
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Dialogue, debate, and dream vision /
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Drama /
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Lyric /
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Lollard writings /
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William Langland /
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The Gawain-poet /
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John Gower /
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Geoffrey Chaucer /
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Julian of Norwich /
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Thomas Hoccleve /
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John Lydgate /
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Margery Kempe /
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Sir Thomas Malory /
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Robert Henryson /
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-60258-0
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-84167-4
Language:
English
