The alliterative tradition in early Middle English poetry
Subtitle: political complaint and social analysis in "The song of the husbandman" and beyond
By: Michael S. Nagy ; with a foreword by T.A. Shippey
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Lewiston, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 273
ISBN-13: 9780773415034
Subjects: Social problems in literature; English poetry; Versification; Alliteration; History and criticism; English language
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [252]-268) and index.
Table of contents: title: The "Song of the husbandman" in context; title: Graft and the "grene wax:" oppression and illiteracy; title: Towards establishing an external corpus; title: Rhymed and unrhymed alliterative poetry, or where the twain shall meet; title: Piers Plowman and the "Song of the husbandman:" a confluence of traditions; title: Revising the alliterative revival.