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From the Norman Conquest to the Black Death : an anthology of writings from England / edited by Douglas Gray.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Latin literature, Medieval and modern--Translations into English.
- Latin literature, Medieval and modern.
- Anglo-Norman literature--Translations into English.
- Anglo-Norman literature.
- English literature--Middle English, 1100-1500.
- English literature.
- English literature--Middle English.
- History.
- Great Britain--History--Medieval period, 1066-1485--Sources.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- Sources.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 590 pages : 3 maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.
- Summary:
- It is often supposed that between the Old English period that produced Beowulf and the Middle English period that produced Chaucer there is a kind of literary 'gap' in which little or nothing happened. In fact a very large- quantity of fascinating work appeared, mainly in Latin or Anglo-Norman, but also in Early Middle English. This anthology makes available to the modern reader, in translation or helpfully glossed form, a range of texts from this period providing something of the rich treasure trove of literature that was produced between the Norman/Conquest and the Black Death. The diversity of genres included here is astonishing-chronicles, histories, legends, plays, lyrics, debates, romances) arid stories of all shapes and kinds. This anthology will prove to be indispensable reading for those studying medieval English literature. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- 1 Conquest and Conqueror 12
- 2 Early Anglo-Latin Religious Prose 21
- 3 Science, Learning, and Instructive Stories 38
- 4 Early Anglo-Latin Historians, Scholars, Encyclopedists, and Entertainers 54
- 5 'The Matter of Britain': Geoffrey of Monmouth 103
- 6 Early Anglo-Norman Poetry: Benedeit's Voyage of St Brendan 129
- 7 Anglo-Norman Verse Chronicles 146
- 8 English in the Earlier Period 169
- 9 Science, Learning, and Instruction: Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries 177
- 10 'The Matter of Britain' in English: Layamon's Brut 198
- 11 Anglo-Latin Poetry: Songs and Satire 206
- 12 Saints' Lives and Visions 221
- 13 Anglo-Norman Romances 241
- 14 Romances and Outlaw Tales 262
- 15 Tales of Antiquity 276
- 16 Short Romances and Lais: Marie de France 290
- 17 Fables and Animal Stories: Marie de France and Others 313
- 18 Debate: The Owl and the Nightingale 332
- 19 Burlesque, Parody, Merry Tale 342
- 20 Early Middle English Religious Prose: the 'Katherine Group', the 'Wooing Group', and Ancrene Wisse 356
- 21 Moral and Religious Verse and Prose 374
- 22 English Romances 402
- 23 Lyrics: Anglo-Norman and Middle English 420
- 24 Drama 441
- 25 Later Chroniclers, Scholars, and Theologians 489
- 26 English Narrative in the Earlier Fourteenth Century: Robert Mannyng 510
- 27 Earlier Fourteenth-century Alliterative Poems 521
- 28 Earlier Fourteenth-century Mystical "Writing: Richard Rolle 541
- 29 Private Devotion: Henry of Lancaster's Le Livre de Seyntz Medicines 548
- 30 Wonders of the East: Mandeville's Travels 552.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Constance L. Rosenthal Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780198123538
- 0198123531
- OCLC:
- 656767436
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