LEADER 03819oam 2200601I 450 001 9910155000903321 005 20230808200635.0 010 $a1-351-94876-8 010 $a1-315-25934-6 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315259345 035 $a(CKB)3710000000965257 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4758747 035 $a(OCoLC)965542963 035 $a(BIP)63367312 035 $a(BIP)1841368 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000965257 100 $a20180706e20161995 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aContradictions $efrom Beowulf to Chaucer : selected studies of Larry D. Benson /$fedited by Theodore M. Andersson and Stephen A. Barney 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (347 pages) 300 $aFirst published 1995 by Ashgate Publishing. 311 08$a1-85928-173-7 311 08$a1-351-94877-6 327 $a1. The literary character of Anglo-Saxon formulaic poetry -- 2. The pagan coloring of Beowulf -- 3. The originality of Beowulf -- 4. Chaucer's spelling reconsidered -- 5. The order of The Canterbury tales -- 6. The authorship of St. Erkenwald -- 7. The date of the Alliterative Morte Arthure -- 8. The occasion of The parliament of fowls -- 9. The "love-tydynges" in Chaucer's House of fame -- 10. The "queynte" punnings of Chaucer's critics -- 11. The beginnings of Chaucer's English style -- 12. The tournament in the romances of Chretien de Troyes and L'Histoire de Guillaume le Marechal -- 13. Courtly love and chivalry in the Later Middle Ages. 330 $aThis volume brings together a series of key essays by Larry D Benson, well-known for his work in editing the Riverside Chaucer. Of the studies selected, the opening three deal with Old English, recasting the possibilities for the critical study of Beowulf, above all the relation between oral and written literary production. The following ten essays turn to Middle English literature, with the focus first on Chaucer, and the evolution of his works and his language, then on the social and cultural context of medieval chivalric texts. Throughout, Professor Benson approaches his subjects with a skeptical intent, even a seeming contrariness in seeking to contradict received views, but in fact with the purpose of questioning in order to understand more deeply. Scattered in their original publications, and with one hitherto unpublished, together these studies present a powerful argument for this questioning approach to fundamental issues and constitute a major contribution to the study of the literary and cultural history of the medieval world. Larry D Benson is Francis Lee Higginson Professor of English, Harvard University. 606 $aEnglish poetry$yMiddle English, 1100-1500$xHistory and criticism 606 $aEnglish poetry$yOld English, ca. 450-1100$xHistory and criticism 606 $aArthurian romances$xHistory and criticism 606 $aCivilization, Anglo-Saxon, in literature 606 $aCivilization, Medieval, in literature 606 $aChivalry in literature 615 0$aEnglish poetry$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aEnglish poetry$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aArthurian romances$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aCivilization, Anglo-Saxon, in literature. 615 0$aCivilization, Medieval, in literature. 615 0$aChivalry in literature. 676 $a821/.109 700 $aBenson$b Larry Dean$f1929-,$0320308 701 $aAndersson$b Theodore Murdock$f1934-$0202777 701 $aBarney$b Stephen A$0165617 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910155000903321 996 $aContradictions$92026007 997 $aUNINA