Fifteenth century prose and verse / with an introduction by Alfred W. Pollard.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pollard, Alfred W. (Alfred William), 1859-1944.

Series:

English garner. v.1

An English garner. [v.1]

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English literature--Middle English (1100-1500).

Great Britain--Social life and customs.

Great Britain.

Manners and customs.

Local Subjects:

English literature--Middle English (1100-1500).

Physical Description:

xxix, 324 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Dutton, [1903?]

Contents:

Preface

Introduction

The siege of Harfleur and the battle of Agincourt / John Lydgate (?)

The letter of Cupid / Thomas Occleve

A little geste of Robin Hood and his meiny and of the proud sheriff of Nottingham

English carols : from a manuscript at Balliol college, Oxford

The examinations of Master William Thorpe, priest, of heresy, before Thomas Arundell, archbishop of Canterbury, 1407

The examination of Sir John Oldcastle

On translating the Bible : Chapter XV of the prologue to the second recension of the Wycliffite version

Dialogue between a lord and a clerk upon translation / John Trevisa

Prefaces and epilogues / William Caxton

A miracle play of the nativity : the pageant of the shearmen and tailors, from the Coventry Corpus Christi plays

Everyman : a moral play

Pleadings in Rastell v. Walton : a theatrical lawsuit, temp. Henry VIII

Brief glossary.

Notes:

"Of the contents of the present volume about a half now appears in the ENGLISH GARNER for the first tune."

Reproductions of original title-pages; initials.

A volume of Arber's "English garner", re-arranged and classified under the editorship of Thomas Seccombe, 1903-04. "Of the contents of the present volume about a half now appears ... for the first time."

Printed in Great Britain.

OCLC:

4018936