The Cambridge History of Medieval English Literature

Cambridge ; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1999. Hardcover. Traces of small dog ears to upper outer corner of a approx. one dozen leaves; pen notes to two pages; else overall tight and clean. Very good(+) thus, in a very good(+) jacket. in very good + dust-jacket. Medium quarto in dark blue cloth and jacket; xxv, 1043 pages; 24 cmbibliographical references (pages 881-990) and indexes. "This was the first full-scale history of medieval English literature for nearly a century. Thirty-three distinguished contributors offer a collaborative account of literature composed or transmitted in England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland between the Norman conquest and the death of Henry VIII in 1547. The volume has five sections: 'After the Norman Conquest'; 'Writing in the British Isles'; 'Institutional Productions'; 'After the Black Death' and 'Before the Reformation'. It provides information on a vast range of literary texts and the conditions of their production and reception, which will serve both specialists and general readers, and also contains a chronology, full bibliography and a detailed index. This book offers an extensive and vibrant account of the medieval literatures so drastically reconfigured in Tudor England. It will thus prove essential reading for scholars of the Renaissance as well as medievalists, and for historians as well as literary specialists." -Publisher. Contents: Part I.; After the Norman Conquest --; Old English and its afterlife /; Seth Lerer; 7 --; Anglo-Norman cultures in England, 1066-1460 /; Susan Crane; 35 --; Early Middle English /; Thomas Hahn; 61 --; National, world and women's history: writers and readers in post-Conquest England /; Lesley Johnson, Jocelyn Wogan-Browne; 92 --; Latinitas /; Christopher Baswell; 122 --; Romance in England, 1066-1400 /; Rosalind Field; 152 --; Part II.; Writing in the British Isles --; Writing in Wales /; Brynley F. Roberts; 182 --; Writing in Ireland /; Terence Dolan; 208 --; Writing in Scotland, 1058-1560 /; R. James Goldstein; 229 --; Writing history in England /; Andrew Galloway; 255 --; London texts and literate practice /; Sheila Lindenbaum; 284 --; Part III.; Institutional Productions --; Monastic productions /; Christopher Cannon; 316 --; The friars and medieval English literature /; John V. Fleming; 349 --; Classroom and confession /; Marjorie Curry Woods, Rita Copeland; 376 --; Medieval literature and law /; Richard Firth Green; 407 --; Vox populi and the literature of 1381 /; David Aers; 432 --; Englishing the Bible, 1066-1549 /; David Lawton; 454 --; Part IV.; After the Black Death --; Alliterative poetry /; Ralph Hanna; 488 --; Piers Plowman /; Kathryn Kerby-Fulton; 513 --; The Middle English mystics /; Nicholas Watson; 539 --; Geoffrey Chaucer /; Glending Olson; 566 --; John Gower /; Winthrop Wetherbee; 589 --; Middle English lives /; Julia Boffey; 610 --; Part V.; Before the Reformation --; Hoccleve, Lydgate and the Lancastrian court /; Paul Strohm; 640 --; Lollardy /; Steven Justice; 662 --; Romance after 1400 /; Helen Cooper; 690 --; William Caxton /; Seth Lerer; 720 --; English drama: from ungodly ludi to sacred play /; Lawrence M. Clopper; 739 --; The allegorical theatre: moralities, interludes and Protestant drama /; John Watkins; 767 --; The experience of exclusion: literature and politics in the reigns of Henry VII and Henry VIII /; Colin Burrow; 793 --; Reformed literature and literature reformed /; Brian Cummings; 821 --; Chronological outline of historical events and texts in Britain, 1050-1550 /; William P. Marvin; 852. English literature -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- History and criticism. English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism. Littérature anglaise -- 1100-1500 (Moyen anglais) -- Histoire et critique. Littérature anglaise -- 16e siècle -- Histoire et critique. Littérature anglaise -- 17e siècle -- Histoire et critique. English literature -- Early modern. English literature -- Middle English. Intellectual life. Letterkunde. Middelengels. Oudengels. Middelengelsk litteratur. Engelsk litteratur. Storbritannia. 1000-tallet. 1100-tallet. 1200-tallet. 1300-tallet. 1400-tallet. 1500-tallet. Historisk framstilling. Middelalder. Essay English literature -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- History and criticism. English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism. Civilization, Medieval, in literature. ****A large, heavy book. Extra shipping charges may apply for international & expedited orders. Please inquire.**Book weighs 3.5 lbs before packing. Extra charges may apply for international or expedited shipping.**.