Essays on Ricardian Literature

In Honour of J.A. Burrow

Inbunden, Engelska, 1997

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Beskrivning

Essays on Ricardian Literature develops issues and themes first broached in John Burrow's ground-breaking book Ricardian Poetry and incorporates a bibliography of his published writings, which have revolutionized critical appreciation of medieval literature. The contributors to this volume, all leading scholars in the field, explore such areas as the status of Anglo-Latin and the influence of French culture on the Ricardian court, offer radical rereadings of some more familiar works, such as Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, and Patience, and demonstrate how closely the literature of the period is bound up with political and social conditions. Written in honour of John Burrow, to mark his deep and beneficial influence upon the study of medieval literature, the 15 essays in this volume combine to provide a detailed and thorough examination of medieval literature, from the Middle English romance and Italian Trecento poetics to Chaucer's Canterbury Tales and Langland's Piers Plowman.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1997-08-21
Mått:145 x 224 x 27 mm
Vikt:589 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:374
Förlag:Clarendon Press
ISBN:9780198182825

Utforska kategorier

Kulturvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Poesi inom Skönlitteratur
Litteraturvetenskap inom Skönlitteratur

Recensioner i media

The fourteen essays, written by Burrow's friends, colleagues, and former students, help not only to define more clearly the nature of Burrow's impact on medieval studies today; the represent, too, a variety of intellectual disciplines and critical approaches, providing medievalists with an impressive array of studies of the major works and authors of Ricardian Enland.

Innehållsförteckning

Preface ; 1. A Ricardian I: The Narrator of Troilus and Criseyde ; 2. Pre-empting Closure in The Canterbury Tales: Old Endings, New Beginnings ; 3. Women's Piety and Women's Power: Chaucer's Prioress Reconsidered ; 4. From Muses to Blacksmiths: Italian Trecento Poetics and the Reception of Dante in The House of Fame ; 5. French Culture and the Ricardian Court ; 6. Anglo-Latin in the Ricardian Age ; 7. Looking for a Sign: The Quest for Nominalism in Chaucer and Langland ; 8. Ricardian Trouthe: A Legal Perspective ; 9. Ricardian Romance? Critiques and Vindications ; 10. The World and Heart of Thomas Usk ; 11. The Perfection of the Pentangle and of Sir Gawain in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight ; 12. The Pearl-Poet in his Fayre Regioun ; 13. Patience and Authority ; 14. From Ricardian Poetry to Ricardian Studies ; 15. J. A. Burrow: A Bibliography