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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821589303321

Titolo

A companion to Old and Middle English literature / / edited by Laura Cooner Lambdin and Robert Thomas Lambdin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn. : , : Greenwood Press, , 2002

London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2024

ISBN

979-84-00-62941-9

1-280-63713-7

9786610637133

0-313-01111-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (440 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LambdinLaura C

LambdinRobert T

Disciplina

829/.09

Soggetti

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

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

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [399]-423) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""A Companion to Old and Middle English Literature""; ""1 Old English and Anglo-Norman Literature""; ""2 Religious and Allegorical Verse""; ""3 Alliterative Poetry in Old and Middle English""; ""4 Balladry""; ""5 The Beast Fable""; ""6 Breton Lay""; ""7 Chronicle""; ""8 Debate Poetry""; ""9 Medieval English Drama""; ""10 Dream Vision""; ""11 Epic and Heroic Poetry""; ""12 The Epic Genre and Medieval Epics""; ""13 The Fabliau""; ""14 Hagiographic, Homiletic, and Didactic Literature""; ""15 Lyric Poetry""; ""16 The Middle English Parody/ Burlesque""

""17 Riddles""""18 Romance""; ""19 Visions of the Afterlife""; ""Selected Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""About the Editors and Contributors""