Early Middle English Literature

ISBN-13: 9780367196813 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 318 str.

R. M. Wilson

Opis

Originally published in 1939, Early Middle English Literature examines literature from the period of 1066 to 1300 and addresses the transition between Old and Middle English.

Spis treści

1. The Effects of the Conquest  2. The Anglo-Latin Background  3. The Anglo-French Background  4. Legal and Historical Survivals  5. The Continuity of the Homilectic Tradition  6. The Ancren Riwle and its Influence  7. The Owl and the Nightingale  8. Religious and Didactic Literature  9. Romance  10. Tales and Fables  11. Lyric Poetry  12. The Beginnings of the Drama  13. Conclusion  Index

O autorze

R. M. Wilson