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A companion to Old and Middle English literature / edited by Laura Cooner Lambdin and Robert Thomas Lambdin.
- Format:
- Book
- 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.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (440 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Distribution:
- London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Old and Middle English literature can be obscure and challenging. So, too, can the vast body of criticism it has elicited. Yet the masters of medieval literature often drew on similar texts, since imitation was admired. For this reason, recent scholarship has often focused on the importance of genre. The genre in which a work was written can illuminate the author's intentions and the text's meaning. Read in light of a genre's parameters, a given work can be considered in relation to other works within the same category. This reference is a comprehensive overview of Old and Middle English literature. Chapters focus on particular genres, such as Allegorical Verse, Balladry, Beast Fable, Chronicle, Debate Poetry, Epic and Heroic, Lyric, Middle English Parody/Burlesque, Religious and Allegorical Verse, and Romance. Expert contributors define the primary characteristics of each genre and discuss relevant literary works. Chapters provide extensive reviews of scholarship and close with detailed bibliographies. A more thorough bibliography of major scholarly studies closes the book.
- Contents:
- ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""A Companion to Old and Middle English Literature""; ""1 Old English and Anglo-Norman Literature""; ""2 Religious and Allegorical Verse""; ""3 Alliterative Poetry in Old and Middle English""; ""4 Balladry""; ""5 The Beast Fable""; ""6 Breton Lay""; ""7 Chronicle""; ""8 Debate Poetry""; ""9 Medieval English Drama""; ""10 Dream Vision""; ""11 Epic and Heroic Poetry""; ""12 The Epic Genre and Medieval Epics""; ""13 The Fabliau""; ""14 Hagiographic, Homiletic, and Didactic Literature""; ""15 Lyric Poetry""; ""16 The Middle English Parody/ Burlesque""
- ""17 Riddles""""18 Romance""; ""19 Visions of the Afterlife""; ""Selected Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""About the Editors and Contributors""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [399]-423) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9798400629419
- 9786610637133
- 9781280637131
- 1280637137
- 9780313011115
- 0313011117
- OCLC:
- 52768426
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