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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Other Authors: Boffey, Julia (Editor), Edwards, A. S. G. (Anthony Stockwell Garfield), 1942- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2023]
Series:Oxford history of poetry in English ; v, 3.
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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.