A Critical Edition of John Mirk s Festial, Edited from British - Library Ms Cotton Claudius A.i

Zusatztext ...an impressive achievement, an edition that makes a substantial contribution to the study of medieval English religious prose. Informationen zum Autor Professor Susan Powell holds the Chair in Medieval Texts and Culture and the University of Salford Klappentext First edition for over 100 years of The Festial, the best-known of medieval English sermon collections, by the Augustinian canon, John Mirk, of Lilleshall Abbey. Volume 1 volume contains the Introduction and the first half of the text; Volume 2 (to be published in 2010) will contain the remainder of the text, Explanatory Notes, and Glossary. Zusammenfassung First edition for over 100 years of The Festial, the best-known of medieval English sermon collections, by the Augustinian canon, John Mirk, of Lilleshall Abbey. Volume 1 volume contains the Introduction and the first half of the text; Volume 2 (to be published in 2010) will contain the remainder of the text, Explanatory Notes, and Glossary. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Text Indices

Product details

• Authors: Susan Powell
• Assisted by: Susan Powell (Editor), Susan (University of Salford) Powell (Editor), Powell Susan (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.02.2010
• EAN: 9780199578498
• ISBN: 978-0-19-957849-8
• No. of pages: 550
• Series: Early English Text Society Original Series; Early English Text Society (Ha; Early English Text Society Original Series
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; History, HISTORY / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Sermons / Christian, Christianity, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Sermons, Christian sermons