LEADER 02933nam 2200577 a 450 001 9910782355603321 005 20230721033047.0 010 $a1-281-82565-4 010 $a9786611825652 010 $a0-19-153854-X 035 $a(CKB)1000000000549580 035 $a(EBL)415532 035 $a(OCoLC)437093876 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000200793 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11190113 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000200793 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10231275 035 $a(PQKB)10205159 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC415532 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL415532 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10254364 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL182565 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000549580 100 $a20071121d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMedieval writers and their work$b[electronic resource] $eMiddle English literature 1100-1500 /$fJ.A. Burrow 205 $a2nd ed. 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (165 p.) 300 $aFirst published 1982. 311 $a0-19-953204-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [139]-151) and index. 327 $aContents; 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; Index 330 $aA 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. 606 $aEnglish literature$yMiddle English, 1100-1500$xHistory and criticism 606 $aCivilization, Medieval, in literature 615 0$aEnglish literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aCivilization, Medieval, in literature. 676 $a820/.9/001 700 $aBurrow$b J. A$g(John Anthony)$0938932 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782355603321 996 $aMedieval writers and their work$93720327 997 $aUNINA