A companion to medieval English literature and culture, c.1350-c.1500.9780631219736 A companion to medieval English literature English literature, literature written in English since c.1450 by the inhabitants of the British Isles; it was during the 15th cent. that the English language acquired much of its modern form. and culture, c.1350-c.1500. Ed. by Peter Brown. Blackwell Publishing 2007 668 pages $149.95 Hardcover Blackwell companions to literature and culture; 44 PR255 Now that the field of medieval literature Medieval literature is a broad subject, encompassing essentially all written works available in Europe and beyond during the Middle Ages (encompassing the one thousand years from the fall of the Western Roman Empire ca. has expanded beyond the half dozen or so self-conscious literary texts, specialists from Britain and the US offer a guide to its features and context. They cover overviews of such matters as religious authority and dissent and women's voices and roles, the production and reception of texts, language and literature, encounters with other cultures, special themes such as law and love, and genres including religious instruction and accounts of lives. A final section discusses ten specific texts or authors, sometime with a particular focus; among them are Julian of Norwich Julian of Norwich or Juliana of Norwich (born 1342, probably Norwich, Norfolk, Eng.—died after 1416) English mystic. After being healed of a serious illness (1373), she wrote two accounts of her visions; her Revelations of Divine Love is remarkable for , subjectivity and ideology in the Canterbury Tales Canterbury Tales: see Chaucer, Geoffrey. Canterbury Tales pilgrimage from London to Canterbury during which tales are told. [Br. Lit.: Canterbury Tales] See : Journey , Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a late 14th century alliterative chivalric romance outlining an adventure of Sir Gawain, a knight of King Arthur's Round Table. The poem survives on a single manuscript, the Cotton Nero A.x. , and blood and love in Morte Darthur. ([c]20072005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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