{"product_id":"a-companion-to-medieval-poetry-hardback-9781405159630","title":"A Companion to Medieval Poetry (Hardback) 9781405159630","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Companion to Medieval Poetry\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eCorinne Saunders (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781405159630, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 19 March 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e704 pages\u003cbr\u003e25.5 x 18.3 x 4.5 cm, 1.379 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e“It is impossible within the confines of a review article to do justice to every – or, indeed, to any – chapter in this well-thought-out book. As a ‘companion’, it is to be revisited with enjoyment for its many new insights on familiar and well-loved material and its confident handling of new approaches to the study of medieval English poetry.”  (\u003ci\u003eParergon\u003c\/i\u003e, 2012)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This is, however, a minor quibble; the essays in this book provide very useful introductions to the subjects they cover, and seem well placed to become standard basic reference works on medieval English poetry\". (Medium Aevum, 2011)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This Blackwell Companion to Medieval Poetry is a very fine resource for students and teachers alike. It is particularly commendable for its wide scope, ranging from the earliest Old English texts to the poetry of late-medieval England (post-Chaucerian), as well as for its clear attention both to wider context, and to genre, modes and authors, and occasionally to individual texts, such as Chaucer's love visions, Troilus, or The Canterbury Tales (each of which receives its own chapter).\" (Routledge ABES, 2011)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eMEDIEVAL POETRY\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn a series of original essays from leading literary scholars, this \u003ci\u003eCompanion\u003c\/i\u003e offers a chronological sweep of medieval poetry from Old English to the great genres of romance, narrative, and alliterative poetry of the 15th century.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBeginning in the Anglo-Saxon period, the volume explores the Old English language and its alliterative tradition, before moving on to examine the genres of heroic, devotional, wisdom and epic poetry, culminating in a discussion of arguably the founding text of the English literary canon, the great epic \u003ci\u003eBeowulf.\u003c\/i\u003e In part two, the \u003ci\u003eCompanion \u003c\/i\u003emoves on to discuss the linguistic and social changes brought about as a result of the Norman Conquest, exploring how this influenced the development of literary genres. Essays probe the shifts and continuities in genres such as lyric, chronicle and dream vision, and the emergence of new genres such as popular and courtly romance, and drama. A particular focus is the continuation of the alliterative tradition from the Anglo-Saxon period to the fifteenth century. A series of chapters on major authors, including Chaucer, Gower, and Langland, provide fresh approaches to reading and studying key texts, such as \u003ci\u003eThe Canterbury Tales, Piers Plowman\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSir Gawain and the Green Knight.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFinally, the collection examines cultural change at the close of the medieval period and the variety of literature produced in the ‘long fifteenth century’, including writing by and for women, Scots poetry, clerical and courtly works, and secular and sacred drama.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Figures x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements xvi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCorinne Saunders\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Old English Poetry \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e11\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eContexts \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e13\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The World of Anglo-Saxon England 15\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAndy Orchard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Old English Language and the Alliterative Tradition 34\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRichard Dance\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Old English Manuscripts and Readers 51\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRohini Jayatilaka\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Old English and Latin Poetic Traditions 65\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAndy Orchard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGenres and Modes \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e83\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Germanic Legend and Old English Heroic Poetry 85\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHugh Magennis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Old English Biblical and Devotional Poetry 101\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDaniel Anlezark\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Old English Wisdom Poetry 125\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid Ashurst\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Old English Epic Poetry: \u003ci\u003eBeowulf\u003c\/i\u003e141\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDaniel Anlezark\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Middle English Poetry \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e161\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eContexts \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e163\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 The World of Medieval England: From the Norman Conquest to the Fourteenth Century 165\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eConor McCarthy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Middle English Language and Poetry 181\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSimon Horobin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Middle English Manuscripts and Readers 196\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRalph Hanna\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGenres and Modes \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e217\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Legendary History and Chronicle:\u003ci\u003e Lazamon’s Brut\u003c\/i\u003e and the Chronicle Tradition 219\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLucy Perry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Medieval Debate-Poetry and \u003ci\u003eThe Owl and the Nightingale\u003c\/i\u003e 237\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNeil Cartlidge\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Lyrics, Sacred and Secular 258\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid Fuller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Macaronic Poetry 277\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eElizabeth Archibald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Popular Romance 289\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNancy Mason Bradbury\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Arthurian and Courtly Romance 308\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRosalind Field\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Alliterative Poetry: Religion and Morality 329\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn Scattergood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Alliterative Poetry and Politics 349\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn Scattergood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoets and Poems \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e367\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 The Poet of Pearl, \u003ci\u003eCleanness\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePatience \u003c\/i\u003e369\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eA. V. C. Schmidt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 \u003ci\u003eSir Gawain and the Green Knight\u003c\/i\u003e 385\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTony Davenport\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Langland’s \u003ci\u003ePiers Plowman\u003c\/i\u003e 401\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLawrence Warner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Chaucer’s Love Visions 414\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHelen Phillips\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Chaucer’s \u003ci\u003eTroilus and Criseyde\u003c\/i\u003e 435\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAlcuin Blamires\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Chaucer’s \u003ci\u003eThe Canterbury Tales\u003c\/i\u003e 452\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCorinne Saunders\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 The Poetry of John Gower 476\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eR. F. Yeager\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Post-Chaucerian and Fifteenth-Century Poetry \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e497\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eContexts \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e499\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 England in the Long Fifteenth Century 501\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMatthew Woodcock\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Poetic Language in the Fifteenth Century 520\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eA. S. G. Edwards\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 Manuscript and Print: Books, Readers and Writers 538\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJulia Boffey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoets and Poems \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e555\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 Hoccleve and Lydgate 557\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDaniel Wakelin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 Women and Writing 575\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eC. 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