Middle English Literature

Middle English is a student guide to the most influential critical writing on Middle English literature.

• A student guide to the most influential critical writing on Middle English literature.
• Brings together extracts from some of the major authorities in the field.
• Introduces readers to different critical approaches to key Middle English texts.
• Treats a wide range of Middle English texts, including The Owl and the Nightingale, The Canterbury Tales and Morte d''Arthur.
• Organized around key critical concerns, such as authorship, genre, and textual form.
• Each critical concern can be used as the basis for one week''s work in a semester-long course.
• Enables readers to forge new connections between different approaches.