Essays on Ricardian Literature develops issues and themes first broached in John Burrow's ground-breaking book Ricardian Poetry and incorporates a bibliography of his published writings, which have revolutionized critical appreciation of medieval literature. The contributors to this volume, all leading scholars in the field, explore such areas as the status of Anglo-Latin and the influence of French culture on the Ricardian court, offer radical rereadings of some more familiar works, such as Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, and Patience, and demonstrate how closely the literature of the period is bound up with political and social conditions. Written in honour of John Burrow, to mark his deep and beneficial influence upon the study of medieval literature, the 15 essays in this volume combine to provide a detailed and thorough examination of medieval literature, from the Middle English romance and Italian Trecento poetics to Chaucer's Canterbury Tales and Langland's Piers Plowman.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Oxford University Press
ISBN-13
9780198182825
eBay Product ID (ePID)
107037117
Product Key Features
Book Title
Essays on Ricardian Literature: in Honour of J.A. Burrow
Author
Charlotte C. Morse, Thorlac Turville-Petre, A. J. Minnis
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Literature, Poetry
Publication Year
1997
Number of Pages
374 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
224mm
Item Width
145mm
Item Weight
589g
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Editor
Charlotte C. Morse, A. J. Minnis, Thorlac Turville-Petre