Medieval Literature 1300-1500 (edinburgh Critical Guides To Literature)
by Pamela King /
2011 / English / PDF
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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 student, the general reader, the course
designer, and the aspirant specialist, to read widely and with
enjoyment in the medieval period.
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 student, the general reader, the course
designer, and the aspirant specialist, to read widely and with
enjoyment in the medieval period.
