A Companion to Medieval English Literature and Culture, c.1350 - c.1500
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A Companion to Medieval English Literature and Culture, c.1350 - c.1500 by Peter Brown
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.
"Overall, this book, another one of Peter Brown's Herculean labors, is a true gift to medieval scholarshipA 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)
on“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."--Reference Reviews
Peter Brown is Professor of Medieval English Literature at the University of Kent. His book publications include A Companion to Chaucer (Wiley-Blackwell, 2000), Reading Dreams: The Interpretation of Dreams from Chaucer to Shakespeare (1999), Chaucer at Work: The Making of the Canterbury Tales (1994) and, with Andrew Butcher, The Age of Saturn: Literature and History in the Canterbury Tales (1991).
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| ISBN 13 | 9781405195522 |
| ISBN 10 | 1405195525 |
| Title | A Companion to Medieval English Literature and Culture, c.1350 - c.1500 |
| Author | Peter Brown |
| Series | Blackwell Companions To Literature And Culture |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | John Wiley and Sons Ltd |
| Year published | 2009-10-09 |
| Number of pages | 688 |
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