{"product_id":"the-cambridge-companion-to-medieval-english-literature-1100-1500-paperback-9780521602587","title":"The Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Literature 1100–1500 (Paperback) 9780521602587","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Literature 1100–1500\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA wide-ranging survey of the most important medieval authors and genres, designed for students of English.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLarry Scanlon (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521602587, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 18 June 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e316 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.51 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'Scanlon's Companion brings together an impressive cast of contributors and provides its reader with an authoritative and accessible guide to the study of Middle English literature today.' De Gruyter\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe medieval period was one of extraordinary literary achievement sustained over centuries of great change, anchored by the Norman invasion and its aftermath, the re-emergence of English as the nation's leading literary language in the fourteenth century and the advent of print in the fifteenth. This Companion spans four full centuries to survey this most formative and turbulent era in the history of literature in English. Exploring the period's key authors - Chaucer, Langland, the Gawain-Poet, Margery Kempe, among many - and genres - plays, romances, poems and epics - the book offers an overview of the riches of medieval writing. The essays map out the flourishing field of medieval literary studies and point towards new directions and approaches. Designed to be accessible to students, the book also features a chronology and guide to further reading.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eChronology\u003cbr\u003e Introduction Larry Scanlon\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Contexts, Genres, and Traditions: 1. Re-inventing English: Middle English language and its literature Wendy Scase\u003cbr\u003e 2. Textual production and textual communities Richard Firth Green\u003cbr\u003e 3. Religious writing: hagiography, pastoralia, devotional and contemplative works Richard Newhauser\u003cbr\u003e 4. Romance Christine Chism\u003cbr\u003e 5. Dialogue, debate, and dream vision Steven F. Kruger\u003cbr\u003e 6. Drama Sarah Beckwith\u003cbr\u003e 7. Lyric Ardis Butterfield\u003cbr\u003e 8. Lollard writings Rita Copeland\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Authors: 9. William Langland Ralph Hanna\u003cbr\u003e 10. The Gawain-Poet Sarah Stanbury\u003cbr\u003e 11. John Gower Diane Watt\u003cbr\u003e 12. Geoffrey Chaucer Larry Scanlon\u003cbr\u003e 13. Julian of Norwich Lynn Staley\u003cbr\u003e 14. Thomas Hoccleve Ethan Knapp\u003cbr\u003e 15. John Lydgate James Simpson\u003cbr\u003e 16. Margery Kempe Rebecca Krug\u003cbr\u003e 17. Sir Thomas Malory David Wallace\u003cbr\u003e 18. Robert Henryson Sally Mapstone\u003cbr\u003e Guide to further reading.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: classical, early \u0026amp; medieval [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: classical, early \u0026amp; medieval\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20classical,%20early%20\u0026amp;%20medieval%20%5BDSBB%5D%22\"\u003eDSBB\u003c\/a\u003e], Literature \u0026amp; literary studies [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literature \u0026amp; literary studies\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literature%20\u0026amp;%20literary%20studies%20%5BD%5D%22\"\u003eD\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46000298623256,"sku":"9780521602587","price":24.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521602587i_b7908278-a2a6-48da-afc0-0dfd7f5fe7fa.jpg?v=1691370377","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-cambridge-companion-to-medieval-english-literature-1100-1500-paperback-9780521602587","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}