Middle English Literature
A Historical Sourcebook
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Beschreibung
This collection of fourteenth- and fifteenth-century documents isdesigned for students of Chaucer and Middle English literature. Itmakes readily available accounts of key historical events anddescriptions of pertinent cultural phenomena.
* * Brings together in one volume fourteenth- and fifteenth-centuryhistorical and cultural texts.
* Documents shed light on the themes and styles that appear inChaucer and other Middle English literature.
* Contains twelve important images from the period.
* Concise introductions and bibliographies accompany alldocuments.
Autor*in
Matthew Boyd Goldie
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Comparative & World Literature Englische Literatur / Alt- u. Mittelenglisch, Mittelalter Literature Literaturwissenschaft Old, Middle & Medieval English Literature Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft u. Weltliteratur
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"This astute and well-referenced collection offers numerous portsof embarcation for those seeking adventure in the turbulent andproductive textual seas surrounding the more thoroughly exploredmasterworks of medieval literary culture."
Paul Strohm, J.R.R. Tolkien Professor, University ofOxford
"Intelligently chosen, carefully set out, and succinctlyintroduced...As far as documents can tell the story, this is the'real world' of our medieval writers."
Derek Pearsall, Gurney Professor of English, Emeritus, HarvardUniversity
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