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Medieval Literature, 1300-1500
Professor Pamela King
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Description for Medieval Literature, 1300-1500
Paperback. Offers close readings of Middle English texts placed within the culture with which they interact. Series: Edinburgh Critical Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABC; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 314.
Medieval literature can be daunting. This critical guide is designed to help readers to relax in the company of diverting and entertaining voices from that 'other country' that is the past. Medieval Literature 1300-1500 offers close readings of Middle English texts placed within the culture with which they interact. Famous works, like The Canterbury Tales, are discussed alongside lesser-known poems, prose, and plays, in five thematically-organised chapters, accompanied by helpful critical apparatus. Reflecting the proliferation of user-friendly editions, many available on-line, this book extends the range of Middle English writing for which there is accessible up-to-date critical support, enabling the ... Read more
Medieval literature can be daunting. This critical guide is designed to help readers to relax in the company of diverting and entertaining voices from that 'other country' that is the past. Medieval Literature 1300-1500 offers close readings of Middle English texts placed within the culture with which they interact. Famous works, like The Canterbury Tales, are discussed alongside lesser-known poems, prose, and plays, in five thematically-organised chapters, accompanied by helpful critical apparatus. Reflecting the proliferation of user-friendly editions, many available on-line, this book extends the range of Middle English writing for which there is accessible up-to-date critical support, enabling the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Series
Edinburgh Critical Guides to Literature
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748634606
SKU
V9780748634606
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About Professor Pamela King
Pamela King is Professor and Director of the Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of Bristol. She has published widely on interdisciplinary aspects of late medieval culture, with a particular interest in religious theatre and European civic display. Her monograph on the York Mystery Cycle won the David Bevington and Beatrice White prizes. A graduate of Edinburgh and ... Read more
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