02933nam 2200577 a 450 991078235560332120230721033047.01-281-82565-497866118256520-19-153854-X(CKB)1000000000549580(EBL)415532(OCoLC)437093876(SSID)ssj0000200793(PQKBManifestationID)11190113(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000200793(PQKBWorkID)10231275(PQKB)10205159(MiAaPQ)EBC415532(Au-PeEL)EBL415532(CaPaEBR)ebr10254364(CaONFJC)MIL182565(EXLCZ)99100000000054958020071121d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMedieval writers and their work[electronic resource] Middle English literature 1100-1500 /J.A. Burrow2nd ed.Oxford ;New York Oxford University Pressc20081 online resource (165 p.)First published 1982.0-19-953204-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. [139]-151) and index.Contents; 1 The period and the literature; 2 Writers, audiences, and readers; 3 Major genres; 4 Modes of meaning; 5 The afterlife of Middle English literature; Notes; Bibliography; IndexA fully updated second edition of J. A. Burrow's hugely successful introduction to medieval English literature. - ;In an updated edition of his hugely successful student introduction to English literature from 1100 to 1500, J. A. Burrow takes account of scholarly developments in the field, most notably devoting a final chapter to the impact of historicism on medieval studies. Full of information and stimulating ideas, and a pleasure to read, Burrow's book deals with circumstances of composition and reception, the main genres, 'modes of meaning' (allegory etc.), and medieval literature's afterlife in modern times. It shows that the literature of authors such as Chaucer, Gower, and Langland is more readily accessible than usually imagined, and well worth reading too. By placing medieval writers in their historical context - the four centuries between the Norman Conquest and the Renaissance - Professor Burrow explains not only how they wrote, but why.English literatureMiddle English, 1100-1500History and criticismCivilization, Medieval, in literatureEnglish literatureHistory and criticism.Civilization, Medieval, in literature.820/.9/001Burrow J. A(John Anthony)938932MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910782355603321Medieval writers and their work3720327UNINA