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Title
The idea of the vernacular - an anthology of Middle English literary theory, 1280-1520
The idea of the vernacular - an anthology of Middle English literary theory, 1280-1520
Author
Ruth Evans
Ruth Evans
format
Paperback / softback
Paperback / softback
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Liverpool University Press
Language
English
English
UK Publication Date
20000101
20000101
Description
This anthology is the first to collect and to analyze a significant sample of texts from the late Middle Ages concerned with the writing or reading process. Some sixty prologues and other excerpts from one of the most important periods of English literature are drawn from literary texts as well as from religious, philosophical, historical and other kinds of writing. The book is designed as a useful sourcebook for university teachers, providing texts and historical, contextual background.
The book also includes five essays which propose new definitions of medieval literary theory and discuss the politics of Middle English writing. It also provides headnotes, notes, two maps, a bibliography, a substantial 55-page glossary and indices grouping the works by date, region, literary genre, profession or background of author, intended audience or patron, and frequency of survival in manuscripts or early printed editions.
It is the only collection offering a large Middle English sampler combined with a view of the literary context, and many of the texts included were previously unedited or were not easily available. The book contextualizes major writers such as Chaucer, Langland, and Malory.
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