A significant other to Medieval English Literature and tradition, c.1350-c.1500 demanding situations readers to imagine past a narrowly outlined canon and traditional disciplinary barriers.
A ground-breaking number of newly-commissioned essays on medieval literature and culture.
- Encourages scholars to imagine past a narrowly outlined canon and traditional disciplinary boundaries.
- Reflects the erosion of the conventional, inflexible boundary among medieval and early smooth literature.
- Stresses the significance of creating contexts for examining literature.
- Explores the level to which medieval literature is in discussion with different cultural items, together with the literature of alternative international locations, manuscripts and religion.
- Includes shut readings of frequently-studied texts, together with texts by means of Chaucer, Langland, the Gawain poet, and Hoccleve.
- Confronts many of the controversies that workout scholars of medieval literature, equivalent to these hooked up with literary thought, love, and chivalry and war.
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