Middle English alliterative poetry and its literary background
Subtitle: seven essays
By: edited by David Lawton.
Contributors: Lawton, David A., 1948-
Publisher: D.S. Brewer; Biblio
Published: 1982
Place of publication: Woodbridge, Suffolk; Totowa, NJ, U.S.A
Language: eng
Number of pages: 168
Subjects: English poetry -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- History and criticism; English language -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- Versification; Civilization, Medieval, in literature; Alliteration
Notes: Bibliography: p. 160-163.
Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Middle English alliterative poetry / David Lawton; title: Early Middle English alliterative verse / Angus McIntosh; title: The alliterative revival / Derek Pearsall; title: The Anglo-Norman background to alliterative romance / Rosalind Field; title: Alliterative romance and the French tradition / W.R.J. Barron; title: The manuscripts / A.I. Doyle; title: The audience and public of Piers plowman / Anne Middleton.