The Literature of the Middle Ages / W. T. H. Jackson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jackson, W. T. H., author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1960]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Attempts to lighten the difficulties which lie in the way of the literary study of the works of the Middle Ages. Looks at literary works by genres to understand the interrelation between them and to understand how the literature developed.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

Introduction

1. The Survival and Influence af ahe Classics

2. The Reasons for Writing Literature

3. The Audience for Medieval Literature

4. The Literary Types

5. The Romance

6. The Chanson de Geste

7. The Germanic Epic

8. The Medieval Lyric

9. The Drama

10. The Beast Epic

Conclusion

Chronology

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

0-231-89523-2

OCLC:

1036373972