04100oam 2200733 a 450 991096998850332120260109161746.097984006294199786610637133978128063713112806371379780313011115031301111710.5040/9798400629419(CKB)111087027037234(EBL)3000920(SSID)ssj0000126147(PQKBManifestationID)11139894(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000126147(PQKBWorkID)10031357(PQKB)10228442(Au-PeEL)EBL3000920(CaPaEBR)ebr10040745(CaONFJC)MIL63713(OCoLC)52768426(DLC)BP9798400629419BC(MiAaPQ)EBC3000920(Perlego)4202536(OCoLC)48620409(EXLCZ)9911108702703723420011206e20022024 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA companion to Old and Middle English literature /edited by Laura Cooner Lambdin and Robert Thomas Lambdin1st ed.Westport, Conn. :Greenwood Press,2002.London :Bloomsbury Publishing,20241 online resource (440 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9780313310546 0313310548 Includes bibliographical references (p. [399]-423) and index.""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""Old and Middle English literature can be obscure and challenging. So, too, can the vast body of criticism it has elicited. Yet the masters of medieval literature often drew on similar texts, since imitation was admired. For this reason, recent scholarship has often focused on the importance of genre. The genre in which a work was written can illuminate the author's intentions and the text's meaning. Read in light of a genre's parameters, a given work can be considered in relation to other works within the same category. This reference is a comprehensive overview of Old and Middle English literature. Chapters focus on particular genres, such as Allegorical Verse, Balladry, Beast Fable, Chronicle, Debate Poetry, Epic and Heroic, Lyric, Middle English Parody/Burlesque, Religious and Allegorical Verse, and Romance. Expert contributors define the primary characteristics of each genre and discuss relevant literary works. Chapters provide extensive reviews of scholarship and close with detailed bibliographies. A more thorough bibliography of major scholarly studies closes the book.English literatureOld English, ca. 450-1100History and criticismHandbooks, manuals, etcEnglish literatureMiddle English, 1100-1500History and criticismHandbooks, manuals, etcEnglish literatureHistory and criticismEnglish literatureHistory and criticism829/.09Lambdin Laura C1809104Lambdin Robert T1809105DLCDLCC#PUKMDLCBOOK9910969988503321A companion to Old and Middle English literature4359712UNINA