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The Oxford history of poetry in English. Volume 3, Medieval poetry, 1400-1500 / edited by Julia Boffey and A.S.G. Edwards.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English poetry--Middle English, 1100-1500--History and criticism.
- English poetry.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (593 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Summary:
- Explores a range of English verse from 1400 to 1500. It studies specific genres and modes of fifteenth-century verse, the contexts for its creation, the material forms of its transmission, and some of its individual practitioners.
- Contents:
- Intro
- cover
- dedication
- seriespage
- titlepage
- copyright
- General Editor's Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- List of Abbreviations
- List of Contributors
- Editorial Note
- 1 Introduction
- PART I CONTEXTS
- 2 Contexts of English Poetry 1400-1500
- 3 Literary Traditions
- 4 Translation into English
- 5 Literary Language
- 6 Verse Forms and Prosody
- 7 Authorship
- PART II TRANSMISSION
- 8 Poetic Manuscripts
- 9 Poetry in Print
- 10 Verse Outside Books
- PART III TOPICS AND GENRES
- 11 Biblical Paraphrase and Poems of Religious Instruction
- 12 Saints' Lives and Miracles of The Virgin
- 13 Religious Lyrics and Carols
- 14 The Poetry of Religious and Moral Drama
- 15 Science and Information
- 16 Conduct Poetry
- 17 Love Visions and Love Poetry
- 18 Chronicle and History
- 19 Fictions of Antiquity
- 20 Fictions of Britain
- 21 Fictions of Christendom and Other Late Romances
- 22 Popular Tales
- 23 Occasional Poetry, Popular Poetry, and the Robin Hood Tradition
- PART IV POETS
- 24 John Lydgate
- 25 Thomas Hoccleve
- 26 Robert Henryson
- 27 William Dunbar
- PART V CONTINUITY AND CHANGE
- 28 Transitions: After the Fifteenth Century
- Bibliography
- Manuscript Index
- Index.
- Notes:
- Also issued in print: 2023.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 22, 2023).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Boffey, Julia The Oxford History of Poetry in English
- ISBN:
- 0-19-198889-8
- 0-19-887851-6
- 0-19-887850-8
- OCLC:
- 1376193000
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