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About the Author
Ad Putter is Professor of Medieval English at the University of Bristol, UK, co-director of Bristol's Centre for Medieval Studies, and Fellow of the British Academy. He is the author and editor of numerous books, with a particular interest in Medieval Romance texts and the works of the Gawain poet. He is currently leading a research project on the literary heritage of Anglo-Dutch relations. Ad Putter is Professor of Medieval English at the University of Bristol, UK, co-director of Bristol's Centre for Medieval Studies, and Fellow of the British Academy. He is the author and editor of numerous books, with a particular interest in Medieval Romance texts and the works of the Gawain poet. He is currently leading a research project on the literary heritage of Anglo-Dutch relations. The late Derek Pearsall was Emeritus Gurney Professor of Middle English Literature at Harvard University; he wrote extensively on Chaucer, Gower, Langland and Lydgate, including biographies of Chaucer and Lydgate, an edition of the C-text of Langland's Piers Plowman.
Reviews
This universally excellent collection is an important contribution to the increasingly sophisticated study of medieval romance and its afterlives. * ANGLIA *
This will prove a valuable collection for anyone working on insular romance, verse form, or textual transmission in medieval England. * MEDIUM AEVUM *
The volume is well supported, with lists of figures and abbreviations, and a substantial index. * Parergon *
Book Information
ISBN 9781843845102
Author Ad Putter
Format Hardback
Page Count 256
Imprint D.S. Brewer
Publisher Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Weight(grams) 1g