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Middle English Lyrics
Maxwell Luria
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Description for Middle English Lyrics
Paperback. This Norton Critical Edition offers one of the largest collections of Middle English lyrics ever made available to the college student. Editor(s): Hoffman, Richard L.; Luria, Maxwell S. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; AVGC1; DC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 414.
It is the only anthology which includes all thirty-one English lyrics from MS Harley 2253, all the verses by Friar Herebert printed in Brown XIV, and all the important poems given in Robbins' Secular Lyrics.
In all there are 245 lyrics, arranged thematically.
To make these delightful poems accessible to the modern reader, the editors have removed many of the orthographic impediments inherent in Middle English verse and have modernized punctuation, capitalization, and obsolete letters while scrupulously seeking to retain the substantive integrity of the poems.
"Critical and Historical Backgrounds" are ... Read more
It is the only anthology which includes all thirty-one English lyrics from MS Harley 2253, all the verses by Friar Herebert printed in Brown XIV, and all the important poems given in Robbins' Secular Lyrics.
In all there are 245 lyrics, arranged thematically.
To make these delightful poems accessible to the modern reader, the editors have removed many of the orthographic impediments inherent in Middle English verse and have modernized punctuation, capitalization, and obsolete letters while scrupulously seeking to retain the substantive integrity of the poems.
"Critical and Historical Backgrounds" are ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1974
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
Series
Norton Critical Editions
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393093384
SKU
V9780393093384
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About Maxwell Luria
Richard L. Hoffman was Professor of English at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He was the author of Ovid and the Canterbury Tales and of many papers in medieval studies and co-author of A Companion to the Roots of Modern English. Maxwell S. Luria teaches English at Temple University and is the author of A Reader's Guide to ... Read more
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