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Old English and Middle English Poetry
Language: en
Pages: 369
Authors: Derek Pearsall
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-06-27 - Publisher: Routledge

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Originally published in 1977, Old English and Middle English Poetry provides a historical approach to English poetry. The book examines the conditions out of wh
The Language of Old and Middle English Poetry
Language: en
Pages: 189
Authors: G.A. Lester
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 1996-04-12 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

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This book gives a linguistic overview of the first eight centuries of English poetry - years which produced such key works as Beowulf, Layaman's Brut and Sir Ga
English Alliterative Verse
Language: en
Pages: 255
Authors: Eric Weiskott
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-10-27 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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A revisionary account of the 900-year-long history of a major poetic tradition, explored through metrics and literary history.
A Book of Middle English
Language: en
Pages: 451
Authors: J. A. Burrow
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-04-03 - Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

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This essential Middle English textbook, now in its third edition, introduces students to the wide range of literature written in England between 1150 and 1400.
Reading English Verse in Manuscript c.1350-c.1500
Language: en
Pages: 290
Authors: Daniel Sawyer
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-05-21 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Reading English Verse in Manuscript, c.1350-c.1500 is the first book-length history of reading for later Middle English poetry. While much past work in the hist