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The Manuscripts of the Canterbury Tales by Charles Abraham Owen
Booksplease Price: £96.11Owen investigates what the manuscripts of the Canterbury Tales reveal about the way they came into being. [see revs] This study of the manuscripts of the Canterbury Talescalls into question... -
Winner and Waster and its Contexts: Chivalry, Law and Economics in Fourteenth-Century England by W Mark Ormrod
RRP: £85.00Booksplease Price: £81.75First recent full-length analysis of a major medieval poem. The late fourteenth-century English poem Winner and Waster narrates a debate between the forces of avarice (Winner) and generosity... -
The Theology of John Donne Jeffrey Johnson (Royalty Account) 9780859916202
Booksplease Price: £29.68John Donne discussed as an original religious thinker, drawing on his extant sermons for evidence of his personal theology. John Donne is here treated as an original religious thinker; the... -
Three Preludes to the Song of Roland: Gui of Burgundy, Roland at Saragossa, and Otinel Professor William W. Kibler 9781843847373
RRP: £26.99Booksplease Price: £24.52The first complete English translation of three chansons de geste inspired by the Romance epic, the Song of Roland. The success of the eleventh-century Song of Roland gave rise to a series of... -
Middle English Word Studies: A Word and Author Index by Louise Sylvester
RRP: £95.00Booksplease Price: £92.48A bibliography of studies of individual Middle English words and groups of words offering evidence for word meanings. Although detailed and full bibliographies exist for Old English word studies,... -
Heroes and Heroines in Medieval English Literatu - A Festschrift Presented to Andre Crepin on the Occasion of his 65th Birthday by Leo Carruthers 9780859914154
RRP: £85.00Booksplease Price: £81.75Studies of the evolution of the hero, from Beowulf to Lancelot. Andre Crepin, head of the English faculty at the Sorbonne, has made a great contribution to medieval English studies in France and... -
Picturing Divinity in John Donne's Writings Professor Kirsten Stirling 9781843847076
Booksplease Price: £30.41A new approach to the visual arts in the work of John Donne The five known portraits of John Donne and the many artworks bequeathed in his will bear witness to his interest in painting. His... -
![The Works of Thomas Traherne VI - Poems from the "Dobell Folio", Poems of Felicity, The Ceremonial Law, Poems from the "Early Notebook" by Jan Ross 9781843843825](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-zkx5lhzlf8/images/stencil/444x444/products/2292833/2292183/9781843843825__76508.1710896862.jpg?c=1 "The Works of Thomas Traherne VI - Poems from the "Dobell Folio", Poems of Felicity, The Ceremonial Law, Poems from the "Early Notebook" by Jan Ross 9781843843825")
The Works of Thomas Traherne VI - Poems from the "Dobell Folio", Poems of Felicity, The Ceremonial Law, Poems from the "Early Notebook" by Jan Ross 9781843843825
RRP: £115.00Booksplease Price: £111.92Hereford Cathedral is proud of its four stained-glass windows commemorating Traherne, but these volumes are as glorious a memorial. DAILY TELEGRAPH [Christopher Howse] Thomas Traherne... -
Three Preludes to the Song of Roland: Gui of Burgundy, Roland at Saragossa, and Otinel by Professor William W. Kibler 9781843846963
RRP: £95.00Booksplease Price: £91.08The first complete English translation of three chansons de geste inspired by the Romance epic, the Song of Roland. The success of the eleventh-century Song of Roland gave rise to a series of... -
Medievalisms in a Global Age by Professor Angela Jane Weisl 9781843847038
RRP: £95.00Booksplease Price: £91.08Discusses contemporary medievalism in studies ranging from Brazil to West Africa, from Manila to New York. Across the world, revivals of medieval practices, images, and tales flourish as never... -
Charlemagne in Italy by Professor Jane E. Everson
RRP: £115.00Booksplease Price: £102.83An exploration of the many depictions of Charlemagne in the Italian tradition of chivalric narratives in verse and prose. Chivalric tales and narratives concerning Charlemagne were composed and... -
Poetry in Sagas of Icelanders by Margaret Clunies Ross 9781843846390
RRP: £95.00Booksplease Price: £83.81First full analysis of the skaldic verse appearing in the family sagas of Icelanders, considering why and how it is deployed. Sagas of Icelanders, also called family sagas, are the best known of... -
Form and Power in Medieval and Early Modern Literature: A Book for James Simpson by Professor Daniel G. Donoghue 9781843847113
RRP: £115.00Booksplease Price: £111.92New and exciting scholarship on medieval and early modern English culture in all its diversity. This book honours James Simpson, an enormously influential figure in English literary studies... -
Two Medieval Outlaws - Eustace the Monk and Fouke Fitz Waryn by Glyn S. Burgess 9781843841876
RRP: £24.99Booksplease Price: £19.22Fascinating insights into medieval life. THE TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT Eustace the Monk and Fouke Fitz Waryn belong in the great tradition of medieval outlaws, and aspects of their lives,... -
Writing Home - Poetry and Place in Northern Ireland, 1968-2008 by Elmer Kennedy-Andrews 9781843841753
Booksplease Price: £109.33The idea of place, and of being displaced, is a powerful leit-motif in Northern Irish poetry. It is here explored in depth, from the 1960s to the present day. Ideas of home, place and identity... -
Renaissance Historical Fiction: Sidney, Deloney, Nashe Dr Alex Davis 9781843842682
RRP: £95.00Booksplease Price: £91.38First full study of the use made by Renaissance writers of the past in their prose fiction. Davis's study could scarcely be more timely or invigorating. SEAN KEILEN, College of William and Mary... -
Telling the Story in the Middle Ages - Essays in Honor of Evelyn Birge Vitz by Kathryn A. Duys
RRP: £95.00Booksplease Price: £91.38New examinations of the role storytelling played in medieval life. The storyteller stands at the crossroads of orality and performance, surrounded by a circle of rapt listeners. Evelyn Birge Vitz... -
Historia de Sancto Cuthberto - A History of Saint Cuthbert and a Record of his Patrimony by Ted Johnson South
Booksplease Price: £96.11First English translation, with new edition, of a crucial text. While it retains many of the trappings of a traditional saint's life, the Historia de Sancto Cuthberto is also a remarkable record... -
The Legend of Charlemagne in Medieval England: The Matter of France in Middle English and Anglo-Norman Literature Phillipa Hardman 9781843846017
Booksplease Price: £40.09The first full-length examination of the medieval Charlemagne tradition in the literature and culture of medieval England, from the Chanson de Roland to Caxton. The Matter of France, the legendary... -
Cornish Literature by Brian Murdoch
RRP: £85.00Booksplease Price: £81.75Comparative study of Cornish literature, placing it in a wider context and looking in detail at major works. `This admirable survey...compact, smoothly written, easy to read and digest, yet... -
Kindly Similitude - Marriage and Family in Piers Plowman by M.Teresa Tavormina
Booksplease Price: £109.33The imagery of marriage and the family in Piers Plowmanrelated to contemporary social history. Kindly Similitude is the first study to offer a detailed reading of the many passages in Piers... -
Medieval into Renaissance - Essays for Helen Cooper by Andrew King
RRP: £95.00Booksplease Price: £91.38Essays on topics of literary interest crossing the boundaries between the medieval and early modern period. The borderline between the periods commonly termed "medieval" and "Renaissance", or... -
Chretien de Troyes and the German Middle Ages - Papers from an International Symposium by Martin H. Jones
RRP: £115.00Booksplease Price: £111.92Studies showing the influence of the French Arthurian romances of Chretien de Troyes on German medieval literature. The pre-eminent role of Chretien de Troyes in the formation of Arthurian romance... -
Marriage, Adultery and Inheritance in Malory`s Morte Darthur by Karen Cherewatuk
Booksplease Price: £96.11An exploration of how Malory deals with the themes of love, marriage and adultery, revealing the socially conservative vantage of the gentry and nobility. Marriage in the Middle Ages encompassed... -
Thinking Through Chretien de Troyes by Zrinka Stahuljak
RRP: £85.00Booksplease Price: £81.75An exciting reassessment of the works of Chretien, making use of modern critical theory to test orthodox opinion. This co-written, multi-stranded book challenges assumptions about Chretien as the... -
International Medievalisms: From Nationalism to Activism by Mary Boyle 9781843846062
RRP: £85.00Booksplease Price: £81.75Identifies and investigates international medievalism through three distinct strands: "Internationally Nationalist", "Someone Else's Past?", and "Activist Medievalism". Medievalism - the reception... -
Emotions in Medieval Arthurian Literature - Body, Mind, Voice by Frank Brandsma 9781843845003
Booksplease Price: £25.91Analysis of how emotion is pictured in Arthurian legend. Literary texts complicate our understanding of medieval emotions; they not only represent characters experiencing emotion and reaction... -
Music in the Age of Chaucer - Revised edition, with `Chaucer Songs` by Nigel Wilkins 9780859915656
Booksplease Price: £30.20Survey of the relationship between music and literature in 14c France, Italy and Britain, with appendix of all songs attributed to Chaucer. An absorbing survey... He is an expert on the French... -
The Reception of Chaucer`s Shorter Poems, 1400-1 - Female Audiences, English Manuscripts, French Contexts by Kara A. Doyle 9781843845904
RRP: £95.00Booksplease Price: £91.38First full-length study of what the manuscript contexts can reveal about early reactions to Chaucer, and in particular his treatment of women. Readers have disagreed for centuries about the way... -
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight - Sources and Analogues by Elisabeth Brewer
Booksplease Price: £25.91This anthology of medieval writing provides a context for a deeper understanding of the Gawain-poet's originality and skill. The intertextuality of this brilliant poem can be more fully understood... -
English Vernacular Minuscule from AEthelred to Cnut, circa 990 - circa 1035 by Peter A. Stokes
RRP: £95.00Booksplease Price: £91.38First full-scale examination of the phenomenon of the English Vernacular minuscule, analysing the full corpus and giving an account of its history and development. A new, distinct script, English... -
Medieval English Theatre 45 by Sarah Carpenter 9781843847199
Booksplease Price: £35.12Newest research into drama and performance from the Middle Ages and the Tudor period. Medieval English Theatre is the premier journal in early theatre studies. Its name belies its wide range of... -
The Medieval Mystical Tradition in England, Irel - Papers Read at Charney Manor, July 1999 (Exeter Symposium VI) by Marion Glasscoe
Booksplease Price: £109.33Interdisciplinary studies on medieval mystics and their cultural background. Contemplative life in the middle ages has been the focus of much recent critical attention. The Symposium papers... -
Vision and Gender in Malory`s Morte Darthur by Molly Martin
RRP: £85.00Booksplease Price: £81.75Fresh study of the intricate roles played by gender, visibility, and the idea of romance in Malory's Morte. Skilfully blending analysis of medieval ideas of optics and vision with careful close... -
Marco Polo`s Le Devisement du Monde - Narrative Voice, Language and Diversity by Simon Gaunt
Booksplease Price: £25.91The first book in English to examine one of the most important and influential texts from a literary perspective. Le Devisement du Monde (1298), better though inaccurately known in English as... -
New Medieval Literatures 23 by Philip Knox
RRP: £65.00Booksplease Price: £63.24Annual volume on medieval textual cultures, engaging with intellectual and cultural pluralism in the Middle Ages, showcasing the best new work in this field. New Medieval Literatures is an annual... -
Winner and Waster and its Contexts: Chivalry, Law and Economics in Fourteenth-Century England by W Mark Ormrod 9781843847090
Booksplease Price: £25.72Full-length analysis of one of the most politically and socially engaged medieval poems The late fourteenth-century English poem Winner and Waster narrates a debate between the forces of avarice... -
The Writings of Margaret of Oingt - Medieval Prioress and Mystic by Margaret of Oingt 9780859914420
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £19.22Margaret of Oingt was born around 1240 into a noble family in the French Beaujolais region, and became prioress of the Carthusian charterhouse of Poletains; visionary and mystic, her writings are... -
John Donne and Conformity in Crisis in the Late Jacobean Pulpit by Jeanne Shami 9780859917896
Booksplease Price: £109.33The sermons of John Donne are seen to embody the tensions and pressure on public religious discourse 1621 - 25. This book considers the professional contribution of John Donne to an emerging... -
A Companion to the Early Printed Book in Britain, 1476-1558 by Vincent Gillespie 9781843843634
RRP: £115.00Booksplease Price: £111.92First full-scale guide to the origins and development of the early printed book, and the issues associated with it. The history of the book is now recognized as a field of central importance for...