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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451706103321

Titolo

Middle English [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Paul Strohm

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007

ISBN

0-19-179213-6

1-281-14557-2

9786611145576

0-19-153700-4

1-4356-0938-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (534 p.)

Collana

Oxford twenty-first century approaches to literature

Altri autori (Persone)

StrohmPaul <1938->

Disciplina

820.9/001

Soggetti

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

Electronic books.

England Intellectual life 1066-1485

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes indexes.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Illustrations; Notes on Contributors; 1 Introduction; Part I: CONDITIONS AND CONTEXTS; Part II: VANTAGE POINTS; Part III: TEXTUAL KINDS AND CATEGORIES; Part IV: WRITING AND THE WORLD; Index of Medieval Authors and Titles; Index of Names; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

Instead of summarising existing knowledge after the fashion of the now-ubiquitous literary 'companions', these essays aim at opening fresh discussion; instead of emphasising settled consensus they direct their readers to areas of enlivened and unresolved debate. Although 'major authors' such as Chaucer and Langland are richly represented, many little-known and neglected texts are considered as well. Analysis is devoted not only to self-sufficient works, but to the general conditions of textual production and reception.