Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction: Approaching Middle English Lyric
  • Presentation of the Texts
  • The Earliest Texts: Song and Meditation
  • Poems on Mortality
  • Personal Devotion
  • Marian Poems and Lullabies
  • Anonymous Snatches: The Rawlinson Lyrics
  • Popular Tradition and Humble Life
  • Festive Songs
  • Humour and Satire
  • Refined Love: The Man Speaks
  • Desire and Seduction: The Woman Speaks
  • The Love Debate
  • An Authored Collection: Charles d'Orléans
  • Scottish Poetry: Henryson and Dunbar
  • Textual and Explanatory Notes
  • Facsimile Editions and Digitized Manuscripts
  • Index of Manuscripts Cited
  • Works Cited
  • Index