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Record Nr.

UNINA9910155000903321

Autore

Benson Larry Dean <1929-, >

Titolo

Contradictions : from Beowulf to Chaucer : selected studies of Larry D. Benson / / edited by Theodore M. Andersson and Stephen A. Barney

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-351-94876-8

1-315-25934-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (347 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

AnderssonTheodore Murdock <1934->

BarneyStephen A

Disciplina

821/.109

Soggetti

English poetry - Middle English, 1100-1500 - History and criticism

English poetry - Old English, ca. 450-1100 - History and criticism

Arthurian romances - History and criticism

Civilization, Anglo-Saxon, in literature

Civilization, Medieval, in literature

Chivalry in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 1995 by Ashgate Publishing.

Nota di contenuto

1. The literary character of Anglo-Saxon formulaic poetry -- 2. The pagan coloring of Beowulf -- 3. The originality of Beowulf -- 4. Chaucer's spelling reconsidered -- 5. The order of The Canterbury tales -- 6. The authorship of St. Erkenwald -- 7. The date of the Alliterative Morte Arthure -- 8. The occasion of The parliament of fowls -- 9. The "love-tydynges" in Chaucer's House of fame -- 10. The "queynte" punnings of Chaucer's critics -- 11. The beginnings of Chaucer's English style -- 12. The tournament in the romances of  Chretien de Troyes and L'Histoire de Guillaume le Marechal  -- 13. Courtly love and chivalry in the Later Middle Ages.