Dieter Mehl is Emeritus Professor of English at the University of Bonn. His previous publications include Shakespeare's Tragedies: An Introduction (1986) and Geoffrey Chaucer: An Introduction to his Narrative Poetry (1986).

'Mehl's book can be recommended with confidence to those who seek reliable knowledge about the main fourteenth- and fifteenth-century writers in English; and its footnotes and bibliography give good up-to-date guidance for further reading.'J.A.Burrow, ESV, July 2003.

• Editors’ Preface Longman Literature in English Series Author’s Preface List o f Abbreviations 1 Introduction: The Age of Chaucer 2 Geoffrey Chaucer 3 John Gower 4 William Langland 5 The Gawain-Poet 6 John Lydgate and Thomas Hoccleve 7 The Middle English Lyric 8 Middle Scots Poetry 9 Middle English Prose Conclusion Chronology Bibliography Index

Dieter Mehl is Emeritus Professor of English at the University of Bonn. His previous publications include Shakespeare's Tragedies: An Introduction (1986) and Geoffrey Chaucer: An Introduction to his Narrative Poetry (1986).

'Mehl's book can be recommended with confidence to those who seek reliable knowledge about the main fourteenth- and fifteenth-century writers in English; and its footnotes and bibliography give good up-to-date guidance for further reading.'J.A.Burrow, ESV, July 2003.

• Editors’ Preface Longman Literature in English Series Author’s Preface List o f Abbreviations 1 Introduction: The Age of Chaucer 2 Geoffrey Chaucer 3 John Gower 4 William Langland 5 The Gawain-Poet 6 John Lydgate and Thomas Hoccleve 7 The Middle English Lyric 8 Middle Scots Poetry 9 Middle English Prose Conclusion Chronology Bibliography Index

Dieter Mehl is Emeritus Professor of English at the University of Bonn. His previous publications include Shakespeare's Tragedies: An Introduction (1986) and Geoffrey Chaucer: An Introduction to his Narrative Poetry (1986).

'Mehl's book can be recommended with confidence to those who seek reliable knowledge about the main fourteenth- and fifteenth-century writers in English; and its footnotes and bibliography give good up-to-date guidance for further reading.'J.A.Burrow, ESV, July 2003.

• Editors’ Preface Longman Literature in English Series Author’s Preface List o f Abbreviations 1 Introduction: The Age of Chaucer 2 Geoffrey Chaucer 3 John Gower 4 William Langland 5 The Gawain-Poet 6 John Lydgate and Thomas Hoccleve 7 The Middle English Lyric 8 Middle Scots Poetry 9 Middle English Prose Conclusion Chronology Bibliography Index