Middle English Literature: A Guide to Criticism (Blackwell Guides to Criticism) by Roger Dalrymple
English | 2004 | ISBN: 0631232893 | 284 Pages | PDF | 1 MB
English | 2004 | ISBN: 0631232893 | 284 Pages | PDF | 1 MB
"Middle English" is a student guide to the most influential critical writing on Middle English literature. This is a student guide to the most influential critical writing on Middle English literature. This book: brings together extracts from some of the major authorities in the field; introduces readers to different critical approaches to key Middle English texts; treats a wide range of Middle English texts, including "The Owl and the Nightingale", "The Canterbury Tales" and "Morte d'Arthur"; and, is organized around key critical concerns, such as authorship, genre, and textual form. Each critical concern can be used as the basis for one week's work in a semester-long course. This book enables readers to forge new connections between different approaches.