Medieval literature, 1300-1500
By: Pamela M. King
Series: Edinburgh critical guides to literature
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Edinburgh
Language: eng
Number of pages: 242
ISBN-13: 9780748634590; 9780748634606
Subjects: Intellectual life; English literature; Civilization; History and criticism
Description: "Medieval literature can be daunting. This critical guide is designed to help readers to relax in the company of diverting and entertaining voices from that 'other country' that is the past.

Medieval Literature 1300-1500 offers close readings of Middle English texts placed within the culture with which they interact. Famous works, like The Canterbury Tales, are discussed alongside lesser-known poems, prose, and plays, in five thematically-organised chapters, accompanied by helpful critical apparatus. Reflecting the proliferation of user-friendly editions, many available on-line, this book extends the range of Middle English writing for which there is accessible up-to-date critical support, enabling the student, the general reader, the course designer, and the aspirant specialist, to read widely and with enjoyment in the medieval period."--pub. desc.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 218-225) and index.