A companion to Old and Middle English literature / edited by Laura Cooner Lambdin and Robert Thomas Lambdin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lambdin, Laura C.

Lambdin, Robert T.

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English literature--Old English, ca. 450-1100--History and criticism--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

English literature.

English literature--Middle English, 1100-1500--History and criticism--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Genre:

Handbooks and manuals.

Physical Description:

xi, 433 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2002.

Contents:

1. Old English and Anglo-Norman Literature / Robert Thomas Lambdin, Laura Cooner Lambdin 1

2. Religious and Allegorical Verse / Gwendolyn Morgan 26

3. Alliterative Poetry in Old and Middle English / Scott Lightsey 37

4. Balladry / Gwendolyn Morgan 50

5. The Beast Fable / Brian Gastle 69

6. Breton Lay / Shearle Furnish 86

7. Chronicle / Emma B. Hawkins 98

8. Debate Poetry / Robert Thomas Lambdin, Laura Cooner Lambdin 118

9. Medieval English Drama / Daniel Kline 154

10. Dream Vision / Kevin Marti 178

11. Epic and Heroic Poetry / John Michael Crafton 210

12. The Epic Genre and Medieval Epics / Richard McDonald 230

13. The Fabliau / Marie Nelson, Richard Thomson 255

14. Hagiographic, Homiletic, and Didactic Literature / John H. Brinegar 277

15. Lyric Poetry / Sigrid King 299

16. The Middle English Parody/Burlesque / Keith P. Taylor 315

17. Riddles / Michelle Igarashi 336

18. Romance / Carolyn Craft 352

19. Visions of the Afterlife / Ed Eleazar 376.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [399]-423) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

0313310548

OCLC:

48620409