Description
English Literature in the Age of Chaucer
Longman Literature In English Series
Author: Mehl Dieter
Language: EnglishKeywords
Roman De La Rose; Young Man; roman; Gawain; rose; Sir Gawain; Rhyme Royal Stanzas; green; Alliterative Morte Arthure; knight; Confessio Amantis; piers; Middle English Prose; plowman; Bartholomaeus Anglicus; middle; Slow Er; confessio; Green Knight; amantis; Morte Darthur; Pow Er; Tragic Flaw; Bat Man; Middle English Literature; Holy Man; Robert Henryson; Guido Delle Colonne; Group III; Sir Thopas; Canterbury Tales; Consolatio Philosophiae; Kingis Quair; Major Dialect Areas
Publication date: 04-2017
· 15.6x23.4 cm · Hardback
Approximative price 49.51 €
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Add to cart the book of Mehl DieterPublication date: 08-2001
264 p. · Paperback
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Written in an engaging and accessible manner, English Literature in the Age of Chaucer serves as both a lucid introduction to Middle English literature for those coming fresh to the study of earlier English writing, and as a stimulating examination of the themes, traditions and the literary achievement of a number of particulary original and interesting authors. In addition to detailed and sensitive treatment of Chaucer's major works, the book includes chapters on his chief contemporaries, such as John Gower, William Langland and the Gawain-poet. It also examines the often underrated contribution to the English literary tradition of his successors John Lydgate and Thomas Hoccleve, as well as the interesting and original work of the Scottish poets, Robert Henryson, William Dunbar and Gavin Douglas, who also claim Chaucer as their model. Apart from the narrative poetry of Chaucer and his followers, the book also contains chapters on the Middle English lyric; Middle English prose, including Mandeville's travels; the most original and imaginative writings of the Middle English mystics, in particular Julian of Norwich and Margery Kempe; and Thomas Malory's impressive prose compilation of Arthurian stories.
Editors’ Preface
Longman Literature in English Series
Author’s Preface
List o f Abbreviations
1 Introduction: The Age of Chaucer
2 Geoffrey Chaucer
3 John Gower
4 William Langland
5 The Gawain-Poet
6 John Lydgate and Thomas Hoccleve
7 The Middle English Lyric
8 Middle Scots Poetry
9 Middle English Prose
Conclusion
Chronology
Bibliography
Index
- First concise but comprehensive survey of this period for several years.
- Particular attention paid to the texts and their origins
- Inspires reader to read the texts, and emphasizes their literary qualities.
- Annotated bibliography, and table of historical and cultural events.
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