Thomas J. Garbáty – Medieval English Literature

Auteur	: Thomas J. Garbáty
Uitgever	: Waveland Press, Inc
Uitgegeven in	: 1984
Bladzijden	: 974
ISBN	: 0 88133 950 4

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In this unusual collection, Thomas J.Garbáty makes accessible to students, teachers, and lovers of literature the landmarks of English prose, poetry and drama for the years 1100 through 1500.
For the most part these vital works are presented complete in middle English.
Readers are aided by an extensive system of marginal glosses, supplemented by footnotes, brief linguistic introductions to each work, and a General Introduction which places every selection within a medieval perspective. This anthology, therefore, is not only one of the most comprehensive but also most “teachable” collection of its type to be published in many years.

Here is the fascinating mirror on an age that was cruel and charitable, violent and courtly, bawdy an devout. Chronicle, burlesque, ballad, fable, debate, lyric, legend, lore and drama follow one another in rich variety – “huge cloudy symbols of a high romance.”

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