1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910709730103321

Autore

Roberts Laura N. Robinson

Titolo

Paleogeography of the Late Cretaceous of the western interior of middle North America : coal distribution and sediment accumulation / / by Laura N. Robinson Roberts and Mark A. Kirschbaum

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington : , : U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, , 1995

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (iv, 115 pages) : illustrations, maps (some color) + + 1 plate

Collana

U.S. Geological Survey professional paper ; ; 1561

Soggetti

Paleogeography - Cretaceous

Paleogeography - West (U.S.)

Coal - Geology - West (U.S.)

Coal - Geology

Cretaceous Geologic Period

Paleogeography

United States, West

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed October 16, 2014).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 49-63).



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910830170403321

Titolo

A concise companion to Middle English literature / / edited by Marilyn Corrie

Pubbl/distr/stampa

West Sussex, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-4051-2005-3

1-118-83597-2

1-78268-683-5

1-282-11638-X

9786612116384

1-4051-8483-3

1-4443-0831-9

1-4443-0832-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (282 p.)

Collana

Concise Companions to Literature and Culture

Disciplina

820.9/001

820.9001

Soggetti

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

Great Britain Civilization 1066-1485

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

A Concise Companion to Middle English Literature; List of Illustrations; List of Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Marilyn Corrie; Part I Key Contexts; Chapter 1 Signs and Symbols; Barry Windeatt; Chapter 2 Religious Belief; Marilyn Corrie; Chapter 3 Women and Literature; Catherine Sanok; Chapter 4 The Past; Andrew Galloway; Part II The Production of Middle English Literature; Chapter 5 Production and Dissemination; Alexandra Gillespie; Chapter 6 The Author; Jane Griffiths; Part III Writing in Middle English;  Writing in England; Chapter 7 Language; Jeremy J. Smith

Chapter 8 Translation and AdaptationHelen Cooper; Chapter 9 Contemporary Events; Helen Barr; Part IV Middle English Literature in the Post-Medieval World; Chapter 10 Manuscripts and Modern Editions;



Daniel Wakelin; Chapter 11 The Afterlife of Middle English Literature; David Matthews; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This concise companion examines contexts that are essential to understanding and interpreting writing in English produced in the period between approximately 1100 and 1500. The essays in the book explore ways in which Middle English literature is 'different' from the literature of other periods. The book includes discussion of such issues as the religious and historical background to Middle English literature, the circumstances and milieux in which it was produced, its linguistic features, and the manuscripts in which it has been preserved. Amongst the great range of writers and writings discu