Authors of the Middle Ages, Volume III, Nos 7-11: English Writers of the Late Middle Ages

ISBN-13: 9780860785569 / Angielski / Twarda / 1996 / 264 str.

N. F. Blake; Douglas Gray; M. C. Seymour

Opis

This volume continues the "Authors of the Middle Ages" series. It discusses the life, writings and influence of William Caxton, Bishop Reginald Pecock, Robert Henryson, William Dunbar and John Capgrave.

Recenzje

’The short biographies in this series are excellent introductions to the literary figures of medieval England; most important they have appendices of documents and bibliographies. Seek them out, they are worth collecting and reading!’ The Ricardian ’...these lives and bibliographies serve to make these English writers of the late Middle Ages as accessible as they are ever likely to be. Careful editing, enthusiasm, and an open format cannot but illuminate some of the hitherto darker corners of the literary scene before the brilliant Renaissance dawn.’ Parergon, Vol. 15, No. 2 ’One of the most useful features of these studies is the full listing of manuscripts and early prints of works written by the individual authors..These lists are up-to-date, reliable, and extremely handy for quick reference....[these studies] collect, synthesize, and print otherwise disparate materials and provide fair and expert guidance to the evaluation of the original sources and later scholarship.’ Studies in the Age of Chaucer ’the Authors of the Middle Ages series seems an excellent idea being well carried out. To judge from this one, the presence of these volumes on a library’s shelf will make available a great deal of information in a containable space. Especially in an age when too much often seems the problem, it is gratifying to find a volume that provides what is helpful and lets readers get on with their work.’ Speculum

Spis treści

Contents: 7. William Caxton, N.F. Blake: Contents: Sources and difficulties of interpretation; Early years; Mercer and merchant adventurer; Cologne and the final days in Bruges; Westminster; Caxton's death and will; Appendices; Bibliography. 8. Reginald Pecock, Wendy Scase: Contents: Origins and education; Pecock's career: promotions and commotions; The repressor repressed; conclusion: Pecock deplumed; Appendices; Bibliography. 9. Robert Henryson, Douglas Gray: Contents: A note on the canon; Bibliography. 10. William Dunbar, Douglas Gray: Contents: A note on the canon; Bibliography. 11. John Capgrave, M.C. Seymour: Contents: The Augustinian friars in England; The early years 1393-1417; The academic cursus 1417-1427; The theologian; Prior of Lynn 1441-1453; Prior provincial 1453-1457; The final years 1457-1464; Table of dates; Appendices; Bibliography.

O autorze

N.F. Blake, Douglas Gray