Medieval English lyrics
By: [compiled by] Theodore Silverstein.
Series: York medieval texts
Publisher: Edward Arnold
Published: 1971
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 184
Subjects: English poetry -- Middle English, 1100-1500; Lyric poetry
Description: Brings together 144 examples of lyric poetry, notable in quality and representative of their times. Besides an introduction on the nature of the lyric, there are commentaries at the head of each poem, textual and explanatory footnotes, a general bibliography and a comprehensive glossary keyed to the text. The commentaries make reference to the manuscript sources, the scholarly indexes and, where available, the music, but also offer historical and critical observations as aids to interpretation and judgment. In all but a few instrances the texts are freshly edited from the manuscripts, and hence often vary significantly in their readings from the earlier standard editions, with which they have in every case been compared.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [10]-11.