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Author : David M. Zesmer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : English literature
ISBN : UCR:31210013458318
Author : David M. Zesmer,Stanley B. Greenfield
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:310732742
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:912503853
Author : Michael J. Marcuse
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 2816 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2023-11-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780520321878
Author : Theodore M. Andersson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2016-12-05
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781351948760
This volume brings together a series of key essays by Larry D Benson, well-known for his work in editing the Riverside Chaucer. Of the studies selected, the opening three deal with Old English, recasting the possibilities for the critical study of Beowulf, above all the relation between oral and written literary production. The following ten essays turn to Middle English literature, with the focus first on Chaucer, and the evolution of his works and his language, then on the social and cultural context of medieval chivalric texts. Throughout, Professor Benson approaches his subjects with a skeptical intent, even a seeming contrariness in seeking to contradict received views, but in fact with the purpose of questioning in order to understand more deeply. Scattered in their original publications, and with one hitherto unpublished, together these studies present a powerful argument for this questioning approach to fundamental issues and constitute a major contribution to the study of the literary and cultural history of the medieval world. Larry D Benson is Francis Lee Higginson Professor of English, Harvard University.
Author : George Watson,Ian Roy Willison
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 1296 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : English literature
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Author : Stanley B. Greenfield,Fred C. Robinson
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2008-07-28
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781556356377
Author : Intelligent Education
Publisher : Influence Publishers
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2020-02-15
Category : Study Aids
ISBN : 9781645420378
A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for Beowulf, considered by some to be representative of the earliest stage in the development of oral poetry. As one of the most well-known works of early Anglo-Saxon literature, Beowulf is one of the earliest records of standard Old English. Moreover, this epic is studied for its use of fusing pagan and Christian elements through the lens of a hero’s struggles. This Bright Notes Study Guide explores the context and history of Beowulf as a classic work, helping students to thoroughly explore the reasons it has stood the literary test of time. Each Bright Notes Study Guide contains: - Introductions to the Author and the Work - Character Summaries - Plot Guides - Section and Chapter Overviews - Test Essay and Study Q&As The Bright Notes Study Guide series offers an in-depth tour of more than 275 classic works of literature, exploring characters, critical commentary, historical background, plots, and themes. This set of study guides encourages readers to dig deeper in their understanding by including essay questions and answers as well as topics for further research.
Author : Thomas C. Rumble
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1965-02
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 0814312659
Author : Arthur Garfield Kennedy,Donald B. Sands
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : American literature
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Author : Laura C. Lambdin,Robert T. Lambdin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2013-04-03
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781136594250
This reference is a comprehensive guide to literature written 500 to 1500 A.D., a period that gave rise to some of the world's most enduring and influential works, such as Dante's Commedia, Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, and a large body of Arthurian lore and legend. While its emphasis is upon medieval English texts and society, this reference also covers Islamic, Hispanic, Celtic, Mongolian, Germanic, Italian, and Russian literature and Middle Age culture. Longer entries provide thorough coverage of major English authors such as Chaucer and Sir Thomas Malory, and of genre entries, such as drama, lyric, ballad, debate, saga, chronicle, and hagiography. Shorter entries examine particular literary works; significant kings, artists, explorers, and religious leaders; important themes, such as courtly love and chivalry; and major historical events, such as the Crusades. Each entry concludes with a brief biography. The volume closes with a list of the most valuable general works for further reading.
Author : Peter Goodall
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2009-02-21
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781442691902
Of all the stories that comprise The Canterbury Tales, certain ones have attracted more attention than others in terms of literary scholarship and canonization. The Monk's Tale, for instance, was popular in the decades after Chaucer's death, but has since suffered critical neglect, particularly in the twentieth century. The opposite has occurred with the Nun's Priest's Tale, which has long been one of the most popular and widely discussed of the tales, cited by some critics as the most essentially 'Chaucerian' of them all. This annotated bibliography is a record of all editions, translations, and scholarship written on The Monk's Tale and the Nun's Priest's Tale in the twentieth century with a view to revisiting the former and creating a comprehensive scholarly view of the latter. A detailed introduction summarizes all extant writings on the two tales and their relationship to each other, giving a sense of the complexity of Chaucer's seminal work and the unique function of its component stories. By dealing with these two tales in particular, this bibliography suggests the complicated critical reception and history of The Canterbury Tales.
Author : Nicholas Dromgoole
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 459 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2016-03-02
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781783192304
Until the beginning of the 20th Century, when naturalism began to assert its powerful influence on western theatre, acting was a very different business indeed. Rather than attempting to reproduce realistic behaviour, actors conveyed their characters' feelings and intentions by using a vocabulary of minutely prescribed and highly stylised movements and gestures, each with it's own meaning and significance. In this wide-ranging, illustrated survey, Nicholas Dromgoole traces the origins and evolution of this lost 'language of gesture' from ancient Greece to the contemporary stage, and asks what it would actually have been like to watch the great plays - and the great actors - of western theatre in their own day.
Author : Intelligent Education
Publisher : Influence Publishers
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2020-06-28
Category : Study Aids
ISBN : 9781645424017
A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for selected works by an unknown poet, whose identity has been highly debated since the Middle Ages. Titles in this study guide include Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Purity, Pearl, and Patience. As a collection of Medieval English literature, the alliterative poems each represented a high level of poetic achievement and are ranked alongside the works of Chaucer. Moreover, they contained many examples of symbolism and poetic technique and explored themes like the virtue of patience. This Bright Notes Study Guide explores the context and history of the poet’s classic work, helping students to thoroughly explore the reasons they have stood the literary test of time. Each Bright Notes Study Guide contains: - Introductions to the Author and the Work - Character Summaries - Plot Guides - Section and Chapter Overviews - Test Essay and Study Q&As The Bright Notes Study Guide series offers an in-depth tour of more than 275 classic works of literature, exploring characters, critical commentary, historical background, plots, and themes. This set of study guides encourages readers to dig deeper in their understanding by including essay questions and answers as well as topics for further research.
Author : John Horden
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 8210379456XXX