Description
About the Author
Christopher Cannon was educated at Harvard, and has taught at UCLA, Oxford, Cambridge, NYU, and now at Johns Hopkins University. He has written books on the traditional nature of Chaucer's language, early Middle English and literary form, as well as a cultural history of Middle English. He has held several fellowships from the UK's Arts and Humanities Research Council, a Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, and he recently won the William Riley Parker Prize from the MLA. He is the author of From Literacy to Literature (Oxford University Press, 2016), Middle English Literature: A Cultural History (2008), The Grounds of English Literature (2004), and The Making of Chaucer's English: A Study of Words (1998).
Reviews
Cannon's book has done much, as far as the implications for Middle English are concerned. It will feature in debate on the significance of elementary education for the creation of English literature, for many a year to come. * Alastair Minnis, Spenser Review *
Cannon's argument may be intuitive, but it is original with him, and this original and compelling book has the potential to reorient how we think about late medieval poetry. * Tim William Machan (University of Notre Dame), The Modern Language Review *
Book Information
ISBN 9780192856357
Author Christopher Cannon
Format Paperback
Page Count 314
Imprint Oxford University Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Weight(grams) 398g
Dimensions(mm) 215mm * 136mm * 16mm