| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 433 pages) |
| Contents |
Old English and Anglo-Norman literature / Robert Thomas Lambdin, Laura Cooner Lambdin -- Religious and allegorical verse / Gwendolyn Morgan -- Alliterative poetry in old and middle English / Scott Lightsey -- Balladry / Gwendolyn Morgan -- The beast fable / Brian Gastle -- Breton Lay / Shearle Furnish -- Chronicle / Emma B. Hawkins -- Debate poetry / Robert Thomas Lambdin, Laura Cooner Lambdin -- Medieval English drama / Daniel Kline -- Dream vision / Kevin Marti -- Epic and heroic poetry / John Michael Crafton -- The epic genre and medieval epics / Richard McDonald -- The fabliau / Marie Nelson, Richard Thomson -- Hagiographic, homiletic, and didactic literature / John H. Brinegar -- Lyric poetry / Sigrid King -- The Middle English parody/burlesque / Keith P. Taylor -- Riddles / Michelle Igarashi -- Romance / Carolyn Craft -- Visions of the afterlife / Ed Eleazar |
| Summary |
Defines, classifies, and critically studies Old and Middle English literature according to genres. Old and Middle English literature can be obscure and challenging and has elicited a large body of criticism. Readers confronting medieval literature soon note that writers of the era were masters of literary form. Indeed, many works draw on similar texts, since imitation was admired. Recent scholarship, too, has given much attention to the importance of genre, since the genre in which a work is written often conveys knowledge of the author's intentions and thus helps illuminate the meaning of the |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-423) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
English literature -- Old English, ca. 450-1100 -- History and criticism -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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English literature -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- History and criticism -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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English literature -- Middle English
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English literature -- Old English
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Oudengels.
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Middelengels.
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Letterkunde.
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| Genre/Form |
handbooks.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Handbooks and manuals
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Handboeken (vorm)
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Handbooks and manuals.
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Guides et manuels.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Lambdin, Laura C.
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Lambdin, Robert T.
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| LC no. |
2001057726 |
| ISBN |
0313011117 |
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9780313011115 |
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1280637137 |
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9781280637131 |
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9786610637133 |
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661063713X |
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