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Darrera modificació: 2009-11-20
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Edwards, A. S. G. (ed.), A Companion to Middle English Prose, Cambridge - Rochester, NY, D. S. Brewer, 2004, x + 334 pp.
- Resum
- The essays in this volume provide an up-to-date and authoritative guide to the major prose Middle English authors and genres. Each chapter is written by a leading authority on the subject and offers a succinct account of all relevant literary, history and cultural factors that need to considered, together with bibliographical references. Authors examined include the writers of the Ancrene Wisse, the Katherine Group and the Wohunge Group; Richard Rolle; Walter Hilton; Nicholas Love; Julian of Norwich; Margery Kempe; 'Sir John Mandeville'; John Trevisa, Reginald Pecock; and John Fortescue. Genres discussed include romances, saints' lives, letters, sermon literature, historical prose, anonymous devotional writings, Wycliffite prose,and various forms of technical writing.The final chapter examines the treatment of Middle English prose in the first age of print.
Contents:
* Preface · vii
* Contributors · ix
* Abbreviations · x
* 1 The Ancrene Wisse Group / Bella Millett · 1
* 2 Rolle and Related Works / R. Hanna · 19
* 3 Walter Hilton's Scale of Perfection and The Cloud of Unknowing / Ad Putter · 33
* 4 Nicholas Love / Kantik Ghosh · 53
* 5 Julian of Norwich / Barry Windeatt · 67
* 6 Margery Kempe / A.C. Spearing · 83
* 7 Mandeville / Iain MacLeod Higgins · 99
* 8 John Trevisa / A.S.G. Edwards · 117
* 9 Anonymous Devotional Writings / Vincent Gillispie · 127
* 10 Sermon Literature / H.L. Spencer · 151
* 11 Historical Writing / Alfred Hiatt · 171
* 12 Wycliffite Prose / Fiona Somerset · 195
* 13 Prose Romances / Helen Cooper · 215
* 14 Keiser (2004), "Scientific, medical and ..." · 231
* 15 Saints' Lives / O.S. Pickering · 249
* 16 Reginald Pecock and John Fortescue / James Simpson · 271
* 17 Private Letters / Richard Beadle · 289
* 18 Caxton and After / Alexandra Gillispie · 307
* Index · 327
* Index of Manuscripts · 333
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- Notes
- Fitxa de l'editor: http://www.boydell.co.uk/43840189.HTM
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