Description
A Companion to Medieval English Literature and Culture, c.1350-c.1500 challenges readers to think beyond a narrowly defined canon and conventional disciplinary boundaries.
About the Author
Peter Brown is Professor of Medieval English Literature at the University of Kent. His book publications include A Companion to Chaucer (Wiley-Blackwell, 2000), Reading Dreams: The Interpretation of Dreams from Chaucer to Shakespeare (1999), Chaucer at Work: The Making of the Canterbury Tales (1994) and, with Andrew Butcher, The Age of Saturn: Literature and History in the Canterbury Tales (1991).
Reviews
"Overall, this book, another one of Peter Brown's Herculean labors, is a true gift to medieval scholarship. A compendium of useful information and bibliographic references, it will be useful to a wide variety of medieval-ists, whether undergraduates, graduates, faculty, or independent scholars, formany years to come." (Modern Philology, 2 November 2011)
Book Information
ISBN 9781405195522
Author Peter Brown
Format Paperback
Page Count 688
Imprint Wiley-Blackwell
Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Weight(grams) 1216g
Dimensions(mm) 247mm * 173mm * 38mm
A ground-breaking collection of newly-commissioned essays on medieval literature and culture.
- Encourages students to think beyond a narrowly defined canon and conventional disciplinary boundaries.
- Reflects the erosion of the traditional, rigid boundary between medieval and early modern literature.
- Stresses the importance of constructing contexts for reading literature.
- Explores the extent to which medieval literature is in dialogue with other cultural products, including the literature of other countries, manuscripts and religion.
- Includes close readings of frequently-studied texts, including texts by Chaucer, Langland, the Gawain poet, and Hoccleve.
- Confronts some of the controversies that exercise students of medieval literature, such as those connected with literary theory, love, and chivalry and war.
About the Author
Peter Brown is Professor of Medieval English Literature at the University of Kent. His book publications include A Companion to Chaucer (Wiley-Blackwell, 2000), Reading Dreams: The Interpretation of Dreams from Chaucer to Shakespeare (1999), Chaucer at Work: The Making of the Canterbury Tales (1994) and, with Andrew Butcher, The Age of Saturn: Literature and History in the Canterbury Tales (1991).
Reviews
"Overall, this book, another one of Peter Brown's Herculean labors, is a true gift to medieval scholarship. A compendium of useful information and bibliographic references, it will be useful to a wide variety of medieval-ists, whether undergraduates, graduates, faculty, or independent scholars, formany years to come." (Modern Philology, 2 November 2011)
on"These thorough, engaging essays decertify many canonical certainties ... Highly Recommended." CHOICE
"Another grand project that combines breadth and depth ... A highly eminent collection of thirty-eight contributions ranges over a variety of topics."
Medium Aevum
"There is plenty here for everybody, and all of it written in a way accessible to the general reader as well as to the student, or fellow specialist."--Reference Reviews
Book Information
ISBN 9781405195522
Author Peter Brown
Format Paperback
Page Count 688
Imprint Wiley-Blackwell
Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Weight(grams) 1216g
Dimensions(mm) 247mm * 173mm * 38mm
