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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.

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.

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"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)

"A very solid introduction to the scansion of fourteenth– and fifteenth–century verse is published in the new volume of Wiley–Blackwell′s Companion series: A Companion to Medieval Literature and Culture, c.1350–c.1500, edited by Peter Brown." (Ywes, 28 August 2011)

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.
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"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."
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From the Back Cover
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 in a number of important ways.

Firstly, the companion s date range reflects the erosion of the traditional, rigid boundary between medieval and early modern literature. Secondly, the structure of the book stresses the importance of constructing contexts for reading literature. Thirdly, the companion explores the extent to which medieval literature is in dialogue with other cultural products, including the literature of other countries, manuscripts and religion.

Students will welcome the companion s close readings of frequently studied texts, together with its discussions of larger groupings, such as the literature of religious instruction, dream poems, and chronicle and history. They will also appreciate the way the book tackles controversies, including those connected with literary theory, love, chivalry and war.

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell (18 December 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0631219730
ISBN-13: 978-1596931138