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Informationen zum Autor MARILYN CORRIE teaches in the English Department at University College London. Her research interests include the trilingual literary culture of post-Norman Conquest England; the transmission of continental French literature to England in the thirteenth and early-fourteenth centuries; English and French manuscripts containing literary texts; and the interface between theology and literary writing in the Middle Ages, especially in the fifteenth century. Having published articles and essays relating to each of these subjects, she is currently working on a book about Christian theology, magic and literature in the later Middle Ages. Klappentext This concise companion examines contexts that are essential to understanding and interpreting writing in English produced in the period between approximately 1100 and 1500. The essays in the book explore ways in which Middle English literature is 'different' from the literature of other periods. The book includes discussion of such issues as the religious and historical background to Middle English literature, the circumstances and milieux in which it was produced, its linguistic features, and the manuscripts in which it has been preserved. Amongst the great range of writers and writings discussed, the book considers the works of the most widely read Middle English author, Chaucer, against the background of the period that he both typifies and subverts.* An accessible resource that examines contexts essential to understanding and interpreting writing of the Middle English period* Chapters explore the distinctiveness of Middle English literature* Brings together discussion and analysis by an international team of Middle English specialists, incorporating fresh material and new insights* Includes analysis of Chaucer's writings, and considers them in relation to the work of his Middle English predecessors, contemporaries and successors* Incorporates discussion of issues steering the perception of Middle English literature in the present day Zusammenfassung This concise companion examines contexts that are essential to understanding and interpreting writing in English produced in the period between approximately 1100 and 1500. The essays in the book explore ways in which Middle English literature is 'different' from the literature of other periods. The book includes discussion of such issues as the religious and historical background to Middle English literature, the circumstances and milieux in which it was produced, its linguistic features, and the manuscripts in which it has been preserved. Amongst the great range of writers and writings discussed, the book considers the works of the most widely read Middle English author, Chaucer, against the background of the period that he both typifies and subverts.* An accessible resource that examines contexts essential to understanding and interpreting writing of the Middle English period* Chapters explore the distinctiveness of Middle English literature* Brings together discussion and analysis by an international team of Middle English specialists, incorporating fresh material and new insights* Includes analysis of Chaucer's writings, and considers them in relation to the work of his Middle English predecessors, contemporaries and successors* Incorporates discussion of issues steering the perception of Middle English literature in the present day Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations viiList of Contributors viiiAcknowledgements xiIntroduction 1Marilyn CorriePart I Key Contexts 71 Signs and Symbols 9Barry Windeatt2 Religious Belief 32Marilyn Corrie3 Women and Literature 54Catherine Sanok4 The Past 77Andrew GallowayPart II The Production of Middle English Literature 975 Production and Dissemination 99Alexandra Gillespie6 The Author 120Jane GriffithsPart III Writing in Middle English; Writing in England 1437 Language 145Jeremy J. Smith8 Tran...
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List of Illustrations viiList of Contributors viiiAcknowledgements xiIntroduction 1Marilyn CorriePart I Key Contexts 71 Signs and Symbols 9Barry Windeatt2 Religious Belief 32Marilyn Corrie3 Women and Literature 54Catherine Sanok4 The Past 77Andrew GallowayPart II The Production of Middle English Literature 975 Production and Dissemination 99Alexandra Gillespie6 The Author 120Jane GriffithsPart III Writing in Middle English; Writing in England 1437 Language 145Jeremy J. Smith8 Translation and Adaptation 166Helen Cooper9 Contemporary Events 188Helen BarrPart IV Middle English Literature in the Post- Medieval World 20910 Manuscripts and Modern Editions 211Daniel Wakelin11 The Afterlife of Middle English Literature 232David MatthewsIndex 253
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"This new concise companion engages with the difficulties of periodization but nonetheless asserts that there is a scholarly volue to considering 'Middle English Literature' as a discrete body of texts, written between c.1100 and c.1500. And indeed, this wonderfully erudite and readable volume proves this point." (Notes and Queries, 1 June 2011)"All of the essays examine canonical writers and texts but also discuss writers and works that are infrequently taught in traditional undergraduate (or even graduate) survey courses, and this is an encouraging move." (CHOICE, 2009)
