The Oxford history of poetry in English. Volume 3, Medieval poetry, 1400-1500 /
This volume is the third in the series and covers verse written in the period 1400 to 1500. The volume is organized in four sections: Contexts (Chapters 17), Transmission (Chapters 810), Topics and Genres (Chapters 1123), and Poets (Chapters 2428). The opening section, after an introductory chapter,...
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| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
[2023]
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| Series: | Oxford history of poetry in English ;
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Table of Contents:
- Intro
- cover
- dedication
- seriespage
- titlepage
- copyright
- General Editor's Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- List of Abbreviations
- List of Contributors
- Editorial Note
- 1 Introduction
- PART I CONTEXTS
- 2 Contexts of English Poetry 1400-1500
- 3 Literary Traditions
- 4 Translation into English
- 5 Literary Language
- 6 Verse Forms and Prosody
- 7 Authorship
- PART II TRANSMISSION
- 8 Poetic Manuscripts
- 9 Poetry in Print
- 10 Verse Outside Books
- PART III TOPICS AND GENRES
- 11 Biblical Paraphrase and Poems of Religious Instruction
- 12 Saints' Lives and Miracles of The Virgin
- 13 Religious Lyrics and Carols
- 14 The Poetry of Religious and Moral Drama
- 15 Science and Information
- 16 Conduct Poetry
- 17 Love Visions and Love Poetry
- 18 Chronicle and History
- 19 Fictions of Antiquity
- 20 Fictions of Britain
- 21 Fictions of Christendom and Other Late Romances
- 22 Popular Tales
- 23 Occasional Poetry, Popular Poetry, and the Robin Hood Tradition
- PART IV POETS
- 24 John Lydgate
- 25 Thomas Hoccleve
- 26 Robert Henryson
- 27 William Dunbar
- PART V CONTINUITY AND CHANGE
- 28 Transitions: After the Fifteenth Century
- Bibliography
- Manuscript Index
- Index.