An introduction to Medieval English literature : 1300-1485 / Anna Baldwin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baldwin, Anna P.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English literature--Middle English, 1100-1500--History and criticism.

English literature.

Civilization, Medieval, in literature.

English literature--Middle English.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xi, 282 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.

Summary:

"This book provides an informative, critical and concise introduction to the literature of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, contextualising the literature and introducing the pre-eminent authors of the period. "-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

1. The Poor Commons: Literature and Social Change

2. The Poor Commons: Education and Dissent

3. The Urban Middle Class: Satire, Debate and Political Advice

4. The Urban Middle Class: Tales of Women and Marriage

5. The Community of the Church: Religious Lyrics and the English Mystics

6. Religious and Moral Stories

7. Aristocratic Love

8. Chivalric Romances.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9780230250369

023025036X

9780230250376

0230250378

OCLC:

910536261