Anglo-Irish Literature - 1200-1582

Originally published in 1929, this volume was intended to draw attention to the relatively neglected area of early Anglo-Irish literature.

List of contents

Preface; 1. A survey of the subject; 2. The Song of Dermot and the the Earl; 3. The Entrenchment of New Ross; 4. Some early prose writings; 5. Religious poems; 6. Secular poems; 7. Satirical poems; 8. The religious drama; 9. Fifteenth-century prose writings; 10. Richard Stanihurst.

Summary

This 1929 volume draws attention to the relatively neglected area of early Anglo-Irish literature. Covering the period between the Anglo-Norman settlement of Ireland and the printing of Richard Stanihurst's translation of Virgil, the text illustrates the richness of this literature through abundant quotation from a variety of religious and secular sources.

Product details

• Authors: St John D. Seymour, St John Drelincourt Seymour
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.06.2011
• EAN: 9780521234337
• ISBN: 978-0-521-23433-7
• No. of pages: 182
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval, Ireland, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval