| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 268 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Blackwell concise companions to literature and culture |
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Blackwell concise companions to literature and culture.
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| Contents |
Signs and symbols / Barry Windeatt -- Religious belief / Marilyn Corrie -- Women and literature / Catherine Sanok -- The past / Andrew Galloway -- Production and dissemination / Alexandra Gillespie -- The author / Jane Griffiths -- Language / Jeremy J. Smith -- Translation and adaptation / Helen Cooper -- Contemporary events / Helen Barr -- Manuscripts and modern editions / Daniel Wakelin -- The afterlife of Middle English literature / David Matthews |
| Summary |
This Concise Companion examines contexts that are essential to understanding and interpreting writing in English produced in the period between approximately 1100 and 1500. The essays in the book explore ways in which Middle English literature is 'different' from the literature of other periods. The book includes discussion of such issues as the religious and historical background to Middle English literature, the circumstances and milieux in which it was produced, its linguistic features, and the manuscripts in which it has been preserved. Amongst the great range of writers and writings discu |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
English literature -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- History and criticism.
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| SUBJECT |
United Kingdom -- Civilization -- 1066-1485.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056621
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Corrie, Marilyn.
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| ISBN |
1405120045 (isbn gedrukte versie) |
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1405184833 (Blackwell reference online) |
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1444308327 (electronic bk.) |
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9781405120043 (isbn gedrukte versie) |
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9781405184830 (Blackwell reference online) |
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9781444308327 (electronic bk.) |
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