A companion to the Middle English lyric
By: edited by Thomas G. Duncan.
Contributors: Duncan, Thomas G.
Publisher: D.S. Brewer
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Cambridge; Rochester, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
Subjects: English poetry -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- History and criticism ; Christian poetry, English (Middle) -- History and criticism
Other titles: Middle English lyric
Description: "The Middle English lyric occupies a place of considerable importance in the history of English literature. Here, for the first time in English, are found many features of formal and thematic importance, including rhyme scheme, stanza form, the carol genre, love poetry in the manner of the troubadour poets, and devotional poems focusing on the love, suffering and compassion of Christ and the Virgin Mary." "Full account is taken of the scholarship upon which our knowledge of these lyrics rests, especially the outstanding contributions of the last few decades and such recent insights as those of gender criticism." "Also included are detailed discussions of the valuable information afforded by the widely varying manuscript contexts in which Middle English lyrics survive and of the diverse issues involved in editing these texts."--BOOK JACKET
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-286) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Middle English lyrics and manuscripts / Julia Boffey; title: Middle English lyrics : metre and editorial practice / Thomas G. Duncan; title: The love lyric before Chaucer / John Scattergood; title: Moral and penitential lyrics / Vincent Gillespie; title: Middle English religious lyrics / Christiania Whitehead; title: Middle English courtly lyrics : Chaucer to Henry VIII / Douglas Gray; title: The Middle English carol / Karl Reichl; title: Political lyrics / Thorlac Turville-Petre; title: the lyric in the sermon / Alan J. Fletcher; title: 'Cuius contrarium' : Middle English popular lyrics / Bernard O'Donoghue; title: Gender and voice in Middle English religious lyrics / Sarah Stanbury; title: Lyrics in Middle Scots / A.A. MacDonald.