Readings in Medieval Poetry

Klappentext Readings in Medieval Poetry is a linked collection of essays on such poems as the Song of Roland, King Horn, Havelok, and Sir Orfeo. Zusammenfassung Readings in Medieval Poetry is a linked collection of essays on such poems as the Song of Roland! King Horn! Havelok! Sir Orfeo! Chaucer's Book of the Duchess! House of Fame and Troilus and Criseyde! the alliterative Morte Arthure! The Siege of Jerusalem! Purity! Pearl! Sir Gawain and the Green Knight! and Piers Plowman. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Elaborated and restricted codes; 2. Early medieval narrative style; 3. Interpreting a medieval romance; 4. Early Chaucer; 5. Narrative closure: the end of Troilus and Criseyde; 6. Alliterative poetry; 7. Purity and danger; 8. The Gawain-poet's sense of an ending; 9. Piers Plowman: allegory and verbal practice; Notes; Index.

Inhalt

Preface; 1. Elaborated and restricted codes; 2. Early medieval narrative style; 3. Interpreting a medieval romance; 4. Early Chaucer; 5. Narrative closure: the end of Troilus and Criseyde; 6. Alliterative poetry; 7. Purity and danger; 8. The Gawain-poet's sense of an ending; 9. Piers Plowman: allegory and verbal practice; Notes; Index.