A concise companion to Middle English literature / / edited by Marilyn Corrie
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| Titolo: |
A concise companion to Middle English literature / / edited by Marilyn Corrie
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| Pubblicazione: | West Sussex, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2014 |
| ©2014 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (282 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 820.9/001 |
| 820.9001 | |
| Soggetto topico: | English literature - Middle English, 1100-1500 - History and criticism |
| Soggetto geografico: | Great Britain Civilization 1066-1485 |
| Persona (resp. second.): | CorrieMarilyn |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | A Concise Companion to Middle English Literature; List of Illustrations; List of Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Marilyn Corrie; Part I Key Contexts; Chapter 1 Signs and Symbols; Barry Windeatt; Chapter 2 Religious Belief; Marilyn Corrie; Chapter 3 Women and Literature; Catherine Sanok; Chapter 4 The Past; Andrew Galloway; Part II The Production of Middle English Literature; Chapter 5 Production and Dissemination; Alexandra Gillespie; Chapter 6 The Author; Jane Griffiths; Part III Writing in Middle English; Writing in England; Chapter 7 Language; Jeremy J. Smith |
| Chapter 8 Translation and AdaptationHelen Cooper; Chapter 9 Contemporary Events; Helen Barr; Part IV Middle English Literature in the Post-Medieval World; Chapter 10 Manuscripts and Modern Editions; Daniel Wakelin; Chapter 11 The Afterlife of Middle English Literature; David Matthews; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This concise companion examines contexts that are essential to understanding and interpreting writing in English produced in the period between approximately 1100 and 1500. The essays in the book explore ways in which Middle English literature is 'different' from the literature of other periods. The book includes discussion of such issues as the religious and historical background to Middle English literature, the circumstances and milieux in which it was produced, its linguistic features, and the manuscripts in which it has been preserved. Amongst the great range of writers and writings discu |
| Titolo autorizzato: | A concise companion to Middle English literature |
| ISBN: | 1-4051-2005-3 |
| 1-118-83597-2 | |
| 1-78268-683-5 | |
| 1-282-11638-X | |
| 9786612116384 | |
| 1-4051-8483-3 | |
| 1-4443-0831-9 | |
| 1-4443-0832-7 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910830170403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
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Blackwell concise companions to literature and culture.