A Concise Companion to Middle English LiteratureISBN: 978-1-4051-2004-3
Hardcover
280 pages
May 2009, Wiley-Blackwell
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- Offers a new approach to Middle English literature through discussion of key topics that illustrate the distinctiveness of writing in the period
- Examines the contextual issues that are key to the understanding and interpretation of the literature of the Middle English period
- Features twelve essays written by authorities in their fields from leading UK and North American universities
- Addresses issues that inform all medieval writing, as well as factors that are specific to writing in England in the period
- The volume also considers issues steering the perception of Middle English literature in the present day
- Accessible for students, but contains new arguments and material for specialists