Cambridge Companions to Literature: The Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Literature 1100-1500
Larry Scanlon
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Paperback. A wide-ranging survey of the most important medieval authors and genres, designed for students of English. Editor(s): Scanlon, Larry. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. Num Pages: 314 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 460. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. 314 pages. Editor(s): Scanlon, Larry. A wide-ranging survey of the most important medieval authors and genres, designed for students of English. Cateogry: (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 16. Weight: 512.
The medieval period was one of extraordinary literary achievement sustained over centuries of great change, anchored by the Norman invasion and its aftermath, the re-emergence of English as the nation's leading literary language in the fourteenth century and the advent of print in the fifteenth. This Companion spans four full centuries to survey this most formative and turbulent era in the history of literature in English. Exploring the period's key authors - Chaucer, Langland, the Gawain-Poet, Margery Kempe, among many - and genres - plays, romances, poems and epics - the book offers an overview of the riches of medieval ... Read more
The medieval period was one of extraordinary literary achievement sustained over centuries of great change, anchored by the Norman invasion and its aftermath, the re-emergence of English as the nation's leading literary language in the fourteenth century and the advent of print in the fifteenth. This Companion spans four full centuries to survey this most formative and turbulent era in the history of literature in English. Exploring the period's key authors - Chaucer, Langland, the Gawain-Poet, Margery Kempe, among many - and genres - plays, romances, poems and epics - the book offers an overview of the riches of medieval ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
314
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Series
Cambridge Companions to Literature
Condition
New
Weight
451g
Number of Pages
316
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521602587
SKU
V9780521602587
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About Larry Scanlon
Larry Scanlon is Associate Professor of English at Rutgers University, New Jersey.
Reviews for Cambridge Companions to Literature: The Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Literature 1100-1500
'Scanlon's Companion brings together an impressive cast of contributors and provides its reader with an authoritative and accessible guide to the study of Middle English literature today.' De Gruyter