LEADER 03186nam 2200517 a 450 001 9910809781703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 0 $a9780191537004 010 0 $a0191537004 010 $a9780191792137 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7038660 035 $a(CKB)24235072500041 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC415637 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4701387 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL415637 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10197123 035 $a(OCoLC)437093993 035 $a(EXLCZ)9924235072500041 100 $a20070117d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aMiddle English /$fedited by Paul Strohm 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2007 215 $axii, 521 p. $cill 225 1 $aOxford twenty-first century approaches to literature 300 $aIncludes indexes. 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Notes on Contributors -- 1 Introduction -- Part I: CONDITIONS AND CONTEXTS -- 2 Manuscript Matrix, Modern Canon -- 3 Multilingualism -- 4 Multilingualism on the Page -- 5 Translation -- 6 Aurality -- 7 Books -- Part II: VANTAGE POINTS -- 8 Temporalities -- 9 Symbolic Economies -- 10 Authority -- 11 Institutions -- 12 Form -- 13 Episodes -- 14 Beauty -- 15 Imaginative Theory -- 16 Feeling -- 17 Conflict -- Part III: TEXTUAL KINDS AND CATEGORIES -- 18 Genre without System -- 19 Liturgy -- 20 Vision, Image, Text -- 21 Saintly Exemplarity -- 22 Speculative Genealogies -- 23 Incarnational (Auto)biography -- 24 Drama as Textual Practice -- 25 Vernacular Theology -- 26 Heresy and Humanism -- Part IV: WRITING AND THE WORLD -- 27 Authorial Work -- 28 Learning to Live -- 29 Gossip and (Un)official Writing -- 30 The Poetics of Practicality -- Index of Medieval Authors and Titles -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Index of Names -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Subject Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W. 330 $aThis volume energizes issues of research in Middle English studies by eschewing an emphasis on what 'we know' and instead addressing the most challenging areas of unfixed opinion and unsettled debate. Although major authors such as Chaucer and Langland are richly represented, many little-known and neglected texts are considered as well. 410 0$aOxford twenty-first century approaches to literature. 606 $aEnglish literature$yMiddle English, 1100-1500$xHistory and criticism 607 $aEngland$xIntellectual life$y1066-1485 615 0$aEnglish literature$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a820.9/001 701 $aStrohm$b Paul$f1938-$01688476 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910809781703321 996 $aMiddle English$94104702 997 $aUNINA