A Companion to Medieval English Literature and Culture, c.1350 - c.1500

Brown, Peter

A Companion to Medieval English Literature and Culture, c.1350-c.1500 challenges readers to think beyond a narrowly defined canon and conventional disciplinary boundaries.

A ground-breaking collection of newly-commissioned essays on medieval literature and culture.

• Encourages students to think beyond a narrowly defined canon and conventional disciplinary boundaries.
• Reflects the erosion of the traditional, rigid boundary between medieval and early modern literature.
• Stresses the importance of constructing contexts for reading literature.
• Explores the extent to which medieval literature is in dialogue with other cultural products, including the literature of other countries, manuscripts and religion.
• Includes close readings of frequently-studied texts, including texts by Chaucer, Langland, the Gawain poet, and Hoccleve.
• Confronts some of the controversies that exercise students of medieval literature, such as those connected with literary theory, love, and chivalry and war.

Details

Published by: Wiley-Blackwell

Publication Date: 2009-10-26

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781405195522

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Dimensions: 247.4cm x172.7cm

Pages: 688.0