Description
| Product ID: | 9780199532049 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Medieval Writers and their Work |
| Subtitle: | Middle English Literature 1100-1500 |
| Authors: | Author: J. A. Burrow |
| Page Count: | 176 |
| Subjects: | Literary essays, Literary essays, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: poetry and poets, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers |
| Description: | A fully updated second edition of J. A. Burrow's hugely successful introduction to medieval English literature. 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 the field, most notably devoting a final chapter to the impact of historicism on medieval studies. 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. |
| Imprint Name: | Oxford University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Oxford University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2008-02-07 |