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Romance Rewritten
New approaches to the everlasting malleability and transformation of medieval romance. The essays here reconsider the protean nature of Middle English romance. The contributors …
The Legend of Good Women: Context and Reception
Essays re-examining the Legend of Good Women, placing it in its cultural and historical context. The essays in this volume explore the context and reception of Chaucer's neglected …
John Gower in England and Iberia
Essays shedding fresh and significant light on Gower's poetry, major and minor, as it was received, read, and re-produced in England and in Iberia from the fourteenth to the …
Textual Cultures: Cultural Texts
New essays reappraising the history of the book, manuscripts, and texts. The dynamic fields of the history of the book and the sociology of the text are the areas this volume …
Art and Context in Late Medieval English Narrative
Essays addressing the relation of aesthetic artistry to historical context in medieval English narrative. A collection of essays offering original arguments in a number of areas. …
Manuscript and Print in Late Medieval and Early Modern Britain
Essays on book history, manuscripts and reading during a period of considerable change. The production, transmission, and reception of texts from England and beyond during the late …
John Gower in Manuscripts and Early Printed Books
Essays considering the relationship between Gower's texts and the physical ways in which they were first manifested. The media in which Gower's works were first transmitted, …
Traditions and Innovations in the Study of Medieval English Literature
Essays on the many key aspects of medieval literature, reflecting the significant impact of Professor Derek Brewer. Derek Brewer (1923-2008) was one of the most influential …
The Pèlerinage Allegories of Guillaume de Deguileville
New essays on the unjustly neglected Pèlerinage works by de Guileville, showing in particular its huge contemporary influence. The fourteenth-century French pilgrimage allegories …
Guy of Warwick: Icon and Ancestor
The first interdisciplinary enquiry into a key figure in medieval and early modern culture. Guy of Warwick is England's other Arthur. Elevated to the status of national hero, his …
John Gower, Trilingual Poet
New essays demonstrate Gower's mastery of the three languages of medieval England, and provide a thorough exploration of the voices he used and the discourses in which he …
A Companion to Fifteenth-Century English Poetry
This collection of seventeen original essays by leading authorities offers, for the first time, a comprehensive overview of the significant authors and important aspects of …