Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Helterman, Jeffrey.
2. Mitchell, Jerome.

Description

1. xi, 550 pages : illustrations, maps; 29 cm.

Series statement

1. Dictionary of literary biography ; v. 146

Uniform title

1. Dictionary of literary biography ; v. 146.

Subject

1. 450-1500
2. English literature > Old English, ca. 450-1100 > Bio-bibliography > Dictionaries
3. Authors, English > Old English, ca. 450-1100 > Biography > Dictionaries
4. Authors, English > Middle English, 1100-1500 > Biography > Dictionaries
5. English literature > Middle English, 1100-1500 > Bio-bibliography > Dictionaries
6. English literature > Old English, ca. 450-1100 > Dictionaries
7. English literature > Middle English, 1100-1500 > Dictionaries
8. Normans > Great Britain > Biography > Dictionaries
9. Anglo-Saxons > Biography > Dictionaries
10. Anglo-Saxons
11. Authors, English
12. Authors, English > Middle English
13. Authors, English > Old English
14. English literature
15. English literature > Middle English
16. English literature > Old English
17. Normans
18. Schrijvers
19. Letterkunde
20. Oudengels
21. Middelengels
22. Great Britain

Genre/Form

1. Biographies.
2. Bio-bibliography.
3. Dictionaries.
4. Reference works.
5. Ouvrages de référence.

Contents

1. Old English literature: an introduction. OLD ENGLISH WRITERS: Aelfric -- King Alfred -- Bede -- Caedmon -- Cynewulf. OLD ENGLISH WORKS: The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle -- The Battle of Maldon -- Beowulf -- The Blickling Homilies -- The Germanic epic and Old English heroic poetry: Widsith, Waldere, and The Fight at Finnsburg -- Judith -- The Old English riddles -- The Wanderer and The Seafarer. Middle English literature: an introduction. MIDDLE ENGLISH WRITERS: John Barbour -- Geoffrey Chaucer -- William Dunbar -- The Gawain-Poet -- Geoffrey of Monmouth -- John Gower -- Robert Henryson -- Walter Hilton -- Thomas Hoccleve -- Julian of Norwich -- Margery Kempe -- William Langland -- Layamon -- John Lydgate -- Sir Thomas Malory -- Sir John Mandeville -- Robert Mannyng -- Dan Michel of Northgate -- John Mirk -- Richard Rolle -- John Trevisa -- Thomas Usk -- Robert ("Maistre") Wace -- John Wyclif. MIDDLE ENGLISH WORKS: The Alliterative Morte Arthure and the Stanzaic Morte Arthur -- Ancrene Riwle -- The Breton Lays -- The Castle of Perseverance -- The Chester plays -- Cursor Mundi -- The matter of England -- The matter of Rome -- The Middle English lyric -- Morality plays: Mankind and Everyman -- N-town plays -- The Owl and the Nightingale -- The Paston Letters -- The South English Legendary -- The Towneley plays -- The York cycle. APPENDIXES: The English language: 410 to 1500 -- The Celtic background to medieval English literature -- Anglo-Norman liteature in the development of Middle English literature.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Note

1. "A Bruccoli Clark Layman book."

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.