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England the Nation
Language, Literature, and National Identity, 1290-1340
Inbunden, 1996
4128 kr
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England the Nation is the first book to pay detailed attention to the earlier fourteenth century in England as a literary period in its own right. Thorlack Turville-Petre surveys the wide range of writings by the generation before Chaucer, and explores how English writers in the half-century …
Essays on Ricardian Literature
In Honour of J.A. Burrow
Av A. J. Minnis, Charlotte C. Morse m. fl.
Inbunden, 1997
1095 kr
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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 …
Poems from BL MS Harley 913
'The Kildare Manuscript'
Inbunden, 2015
799 kr
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British Library MS Harley 913 is known as the 'Kildare Manuscript' from the authorship of one of the poems by the Franciscan, Friar Michael of Kildare. The collection was written in the 1330s, in Ireland, perhaps in Waterford. It is chiefly known for two poems in particular, often anthologised, but …
Alliterative Poetry of the Later Middle Ages
An Anthology
Inbunden, 2019
1415 kr
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Originally published in 1989, Alliterative Poetry of the Later Middle Ages is an anthology of texts looking at the tradition of alliterative poetry in medieval English literature. The book presents lesser known alliterative Middle English poems, which are unmodernised and include explanatory …
Alliterative Poetry of the Later Middle Ages
An Anthology
Häftad, 2020
376 kr
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Originally published in 1989, Alliterative Poetry of the Later Middle Ages is an anthology of texts looking at the tradition of alliterative poetry in medieval English literature. The book presents lesser known alliterative Middle English poems, which are unmodernised and include explanatory …
Alliterative Poetry of the Later Middle Ages
An Anthology
E-bok, 2019
438 kr
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Originally published in 1989, Alliterative Poetry of the Later Middle Ages is an anthology of texts looking at the tradition of alliterative poetry in medieval English literature. The book presents lesser known alliterative Middle English poems, which are unmodernised and include explanatory …
Alliterative Poetry of the Later Middle Ages
An Anthology
E-bok, 2019
438 kr
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Originally published in 1989, Alliterative Poetry of the Later Middle Ages is an anthology of texts looking at the tradition of alliterative poetry in medieval English literature. The book presents lesser known alliterative Middle English poems, which are unmodernised and include explanatory …
Reading Middle English Literature
Inbunden, 2006
1505 kr
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This introduction provides the guidance that modern readers need to come to an informed appreciation of the writings of medieval England. An introduction to English literature written in the four centuries following the Norman Conquest. Written by the well-known medievalist, Thorlac Turville-Petre. …
Reading Middle English Literature
Häftad, 2006
522 kr
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This introduction provides the guidance that modern readers need to come to an informed appreciation of the writings of medieval England. An introduction to English literature written in the four centuries following the Norman Conquest. Written by the well-known medievalist, Thorlac Turville-Petre. …
Alliterative Revival
Inbunden, 1977
1432 kr
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Informative study of the 14th-century revival of alliterative poetry which culminated in the major masterpieces of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl and Piers Plowman.The revival of alliterative poetry in the fourteenth century, which culminated in the major masterpieces of Sir Gawain and the …
Book of Middle English
Av Thorlac Turville-Petre, J. A. Burrow
E-bok, 2013
562 kr
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This essential Middle English textbook, now in its third edition, introduces students to the wide range of literature written in England between 1150 and 1400. New, thoroughly revised edition of this essential Middle English textbook. Introduces the language of the time, giving guidance on …
Book of Middle English
Av Thorlac Turville-Petre, J. A. Burrow
Häftad, 2020
555 kr
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The fourth edition of this essential Middle English textbook introduces students to the wide range of literature written in England between 1150 and 1400. Beginning with an extensive overview of middle English history, grammar, syntax, and pronunciation, the book goes on to examine key middle …
Book of Middle English
Av J. A. Burrow, Thorlac Turville-Petre
E-bok, 2020
712 kr
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The fourth edition of this essential Middle English textbook introduces students to the wide range of literature written in England between 1150 and 1400. Beginning with an extensive overview of middle English history, grammar, syntax, and pronunciation, the book goes on to examine key middle …
Book of Middle English
Av J. A. Burrow, Thorlac Turville-Petre
E-bok, 2020
696 kr
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The fourth edition of this essential Middle English textbook introduces students to the wide range of literature written in England between 1150 and 1400. Beginning with an extensive overview of middle English history, grammar, syntax, and pronunciation, the book goes on to examine key middle …
Book of Middle English
Av J. A. Burrow, Thorlac Turville-Petre
Inbunden, 2004
1780 kr
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This essential Middle English textbook, now in its third edition, introduces students to the wide range of literature written in England between 1150 and 1400. New, thoroughly revised edition of this essential Middle English textbook.Introduces the language of the time, giving guidance on …
Description and Narrative in Middle English Alliterative Poetry
Inbunden, 2018
2376 kr
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The characteristic alliterative poem of the 14th and 15th centuries tells a story of incident and adventure: it is pre-eminently the poetry of narrative. Yet it is also, more than any other kind of medieval verse, remarkable for passages of vivid description, taking advantage of the extraordinary …
Description and Narrative in Middle English Alliterative Poetry
Häftad, 2021
623 kr
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The characteristic alliterative poem of the 14th and 15th centuries tells a story of incident and adventure: it is pre-eminently the poetry of narrative. Yet it is also, more than any other kind of medieval verse, remarkable for passages of vivid description, taking advantage of the extraordinary …
Pearl
Inbunden, 2021
2158 kr
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Pearl is a moving elegy written in the late fourteenth century, in which a grief-stricken narrator struggles to come to terms with the death of his baby daughter. He meets her, now transformed into a beautiful young lady, in a dream, where she attempts to bring him to understand the place of death …
St Erkenwald
A Critical Edition
Inbunden, 2024
1644 kr
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An ancient tomb is discovered deep in the foundations of St Paul’s. It is decorated with a mysterious inscription in letters of gold. The body within is unblemished, dressed as a judge and with a crown and sceptre. Obviously an important person, but unidentified. The citizens are both curious and …
Pearl
Häftad, 2023
580 kr
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Pearl is a moving elegy written in the late fourteenth century, in which a grief-stricken narrator struggles to come to terms with the death of his baby daughter. He meets her, now transformed into a beautiful young lady, in a dream, where she attempts to bring him to understand the place of death …
St Erkenwald
A Critical Edition
Häftad, 2026
429 kr
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An ancient tomb is discovered deep in the foundations of St Paul’s. It is decorated with a mysterious inscription in letters of gold. The body within is unblemished, dressed as a judge and with a crown and sceptre. Obviously an important person, but unidentified. The citizens are both curious and …
Wollaton Medieval Manuscripts
Texts, Owners and Readers
Av Ralph Hanna, Thorlac Turville-Petre
Inbunden, 2010
1423 kr
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A survey of the history, holdings, decoration, and conservation of one of England's finest medieval libraries, with full catalogue.The Willoughby family, from Wollaton, Nottinghamshire, built up an extensive medieval library, including the notable Wollaton Antiphonal; theirs is the largest …
Piers Plowman
The B-Version Archetype (Bx)
Av William Langland, John Burrow m. fl.
Inbunden, 2018
658 kr
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This edition, the first of its kind in Piers Plowman studies, aims to establish the archetypal text of the B-version of the poem, the ancestor of all extant manuscripts. The editors claim that this can be determined with certainty in the majority of lines by examining the relationship between the …
Piers Plowman
The B-Version Archetype (Bx)
Av William Langland, John Burrow m. fl.
Häftad, 2018
252 kr
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This edition, the first of its kind in Piers Plowman studies, aims to establish the archetypal text of the B-version of the poem, the ancestor of all extant manuscripts. The editors claim that this can be determined with certainty in the majority of lines by examining the relationship between the …
