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English poetry before Chaucer / Michael Swanton.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Swanton, Michael, 1939-
- Series:
- Exeter medieval English texts and studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English poetry--Old English, ca. 450-1100--History and criticism.
- English poetry.
- English poetry--Middle English, 1100-1500--History and criticism.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 379 pages ; 24 cm.
- Edition:
- Revised and updated edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Exeter : University of Exeter Press, 2002.
- Summary:
- A new and completely revised edition of this authoritative work, intended to encourage personal appreciation and independent appraisal by students of English. This is a stimulating introduction to the poetry composed in an age that witnessed fundamental cultural developments: the emergence of the English from among the warring tribes of Europe, their conversion to Christianity, the development of feudalism and the chivalric myth, the military adventure of the Crusades, and the growth of a vigorous citizen class in the burgeoning towns of England.
- Notes:
- Previous ed. published as: English literature before Chaucer. London : Longman, 1987.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0859896811
- 0859896331
- OCLC:
- 47938739
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