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Title:
Medieval writers and their work : Middle English literature 1100-1500 / J.A. Burrow.
Author:
Burrow, J. A. (John Anthony)
Publication Information:
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2008.
Call Number:
PR255 .B8 2008
Abstract:
"In an updated edition of his hugely successful student introduction to English literature from 1100 to 1500, J.A. Burrow takes account of scholarly developments in the field. Full of information and stimulating ideas, and a pleasure to read, Burrow's book deals with circumstances of composition and reception, the main genres, 'modes of meaning' (allegory etc.), and medieval literature's afterlife in modern times. It shows that the literature of authors such as Chaucer, Gower, and Langland is more readily accessible than usually imagined, and well worth reading too. By placing medieval writers in their historical context--the four centuries between the Norman Conquest and the Renaissance--Professor Burrow explains not only how they wrote, but why."--P. [4] of cover.
Edition:
2nd ed.
ISBN:
9780199532049
Physical Description:
156 p. ; 20 cm.
General Note:
Originally published 1982.
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