A Companion to Middle English Prose

Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-1-84384-248-4
Verlag: Boydell & Brewer

Buch, Englisch, 344 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 485 g

Survey of and guide to all the major authors and genres in Middle English prose.

The essays in this volume provide an up-to-date and authoritative guide to the major prose Middle English authors and genres. Each chapter is written by a leading authority on the subject and offers a succinct account of all relevant literary, history and cultural factors that need to considered, together with bibliographical references. Authors examined include the writers of the Ancrene Wisse, the Katherine Group and the Wohunge Group; Richard Rolle; Walter Hilton; Nicholas Love; Julian of Norwich; Margery Kempe; "Sir John Mandeville"; John Trevisa, Reginald Pecock; and John Fortescue. Genres discussed include romances, saints' lives, letters, sermon literature, historicalprose, anonymous devotional writings, Wycliffite prose, and various forms of technical writing. The final chapter examines the treatment of Middle English prose in the first age of print.

Contributors: BELLA MILLETT, RALPH HANNA III, AD PUTTER, KANTIK GHOSH, BARRY A. WINDEATT, A.C. SPEARING, IAN HIGGINS, A.S.G. EDWARDS, VINCENT GILLESPIE, HELEN L. SPENCER, ALFRED HIATT, FIONA SOMERSET, HELEN COOPER, GEORGE KEISER, OLIVER S. PICKERING, JAMES SIMPSON, RICHARD BEADLE, ALEXANDRA GILLESPIE.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Edwards, A S G

Weitere Mitwirkende

Spearing, A C

Edwards, A. S. G.

Putter, Ad

Gillespie, Alexandra

Hiatt, Alfred

Windeatt, Barry A

Millett, Bella

Somerset, Fiona

Keiser, George

Cooper, Helen

Spencer, Helen L

Higgins, Ian

Simpson, James

Ghosh, Kantik

Pickering, Oliver S

Hanna, Ralph

Beadle, Richard

Gillespie, Vincent

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Ancrene Wisse, the Katherine Group and the Wohunge Group - Bella Millett
Rolle and Related Works - Ralph Hanna
Wlater Hilton's Scale of Perfection and The Cloud of Unknowing - Ad Putter
Nicholas Love - Kantik Ghosh
Julian of Norwich - Barry A Windeatt
Margery Kempe - A C Spearing ***
Mandeville - Ian Higgins
Trevisa - A S G Edwards
Anonymous Devotional Writings - Vincent Gillespie
Sermon Literature - Helen L Spencer
Historical Writing - Alfred Hiatt
Wycliffite Prose - Fiona Somerset
Prose Romances - Helen Cooper
Scientific, Medical and Utalitarian Prose - George Keiser
Saints' Lives - Oliver S Pickering
Reginald Pecock and John Fortescue - James Simpson
Private Letters - Richard Beadle
Caxton and After - Alexandra Gillespie

Über Autor(innen)

Edwards, A. S. G.
A. S. G. Edwards is Honorary Professor of Medieval Manuscripts at the University of Kent at Canterbury.

Putter, Ad
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.

Simpson, James
James Simpson teaches English at Harvard University. He publishes on a wide range of topics in on late medieval and early modern Western European Literature.

Edwards, A S G
A. S. G. Edwards is Honorary Professor of Medieval Manuscripts at the University of Kent at Canterbury.