Readings in Medieval Texts

Erscheinungsjahr 2005
ISBN: 978-0-19-926163-5
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 416 Seiten, Format (B × H): 138 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 528 g

Readings in Medieval Texts offers a thorough and accessible introduction to the interpretation and criticism of a broad range of Old and Middle English canonical texts from the ninth to the fifteenth centuries. The volume brings together 24 newly commissioned chapters by a leading international team of medieval scholars.

An introductory chapter highlights the overarching trends in the composition of English Literature in the Medieval periods, and provides an overview of the textual continuities and innovations. Individual chapters give detailed information about context, authorship, date, and critical views on texts, before providing fascinating and thought-provoking examinations of crucial excerpts and themes.

This book will be invaluable for undergraduate and graduate students on all courses in Medieval Studies, particularly those focusing on understanding literature and its role in society.

Zielgruppe

Undergraduate and graduate students in the UK, US and ROW studying Medieval Literature.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Johnson, David F.

Treharne, Elaine

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Introduction

- 1: Elaine Treharne: The context of medieval literature

- 2: Sarah Larratt Keefer: Old English religious poetry

- 3: Patrick Conner: The Old English elegy: an historicization

- 4: Jonathan Wilcox: 'Tell me what I am': the Old English riddles

- 5: Jill Frederick: Warring with words: Cynewulf's Juliana

- 6: Rolf H. Bremmer, Jr.: Old English heroic literature

- 7: Roy Liuzza: Beowulf: monuments, moments, history

- 8: Thomas A. Bredehoft: History and memory in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

- 9: Nicole Guenther Discenza: The persuasive power of Alfredian prose

- 10: Thomas N. Hall: Old English religious prose: rhetorics of salvation and damnation

- 11: Stacy S. Klein: Centralizing feminism in Anglo-Saxon Literary Studies: Elene, motherhood, and history

- 12: Thomas D. Hill: Wise words: Old English sapiental poetry

- 13: James H. Morey: Middle English didactic literature

- 14: Denis Renevey: Middle English writings for women: Ancrene Wisse

- 15: David F. Johnson: The Middle English Brut chronicles

- 16: Peter J. Lucas: Earlier verse romance

- 17: Alan J. Fletcher: Middle English debate literature

- 18: Mary Swan: Religious writing by Women

- 19: Michael W. Twomey: The Gawain-poet

- 20: Andrew Galloway: Middle English prologues

- 21: Anne Marie D'Arcy: The Middle English lyrics

- 22: William A. Quinn: Medieval dream visions: Chaucer's Book of the Duchess

- 23: Ad Putter: Late romance: Malory and the Tale of Balin

- 24: Nicola Royan: Scottish literature

- 25: Greg Walker: Medieval drama: the Corpus Christi in York and Croxton

Über Autor(innen)

Elaine Treharne is Professor of Medieval Literature in the Department of English at the University of Leicester. She has published widely in the field of Medieval Literature and manuscript studies. She is currently Chair of the English Association, and member of its Fellowship and Higher Education Committees, and Second Vice-President of the International Society of Anglo-Saxonists.

David F. Johnson is Director of the Interdisciplinary Program in the Humanities at FSU, and Executive Director of the International Society of Anglo-Saxonists. He specializes in Medieval English, Latin, and Germanic literatures and has published extensively in these areas.