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The New Cambridge History of English Literature: The Cambridge History of Medieval English Literature
David Wallace
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Description for The New Cambridge History of English Literature: The Cambridge History of Medieval English Literature
Paperback. Account of medieval English literature to appear for nearly a century. Editor(s): Wallace, David. Series: The New Cambridge History of English Literature. Num Pages: 1070 pages, chronologies, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 60. Weight in Grams: 1430.
This was the first full-scale history of medieval English literature for nearly a century. Thirty-three distinguished contributors offer a collaborative account of literature composed or transmitted in England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland between the Norman conquest and the death of Henry VIII in 1547. The volume has five sections: 'After the Norman Conquest'; 'Writing in the British Isles'; 'Institutional Productions'; 'After the Black Death' and 'Before the Reformation'. It provides information on a vast range of literary texts and the conditions of their production and reception, which will serve both specialists and general readers, and also contains a chronology, full ... Read more
This was the first full-scale history of medieval English literature for nearly a century. Thirty-three distinguished contributors offer a collaborative account of literature composed or transmitted in England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland between the Norman conquest and the death of Henry VIII in 1547. The volume has five sections: 'After the Norman Conquest'; 'Writing in the British Isles'; 'Institutional Productions'; 'After the Black Death' and 'Before the Reformation'. It provides information on a vast range of literary texts and the conditions of their production and reception, which will serve both specialists and general readers, and also contains a chronology, full ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
Series
The New Cambridge History of English Literature
Number of Pages
1070
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521890465
SKU
V9780521890465
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About David Wallace
David Wallace is the Judith Rodin Professor of English Literature at the University of Pennsylvania. His books include Chaucerian Polity: Absolutist Lineages and Associational Forms in England and Italy (1997); Giovanni Boccaccio, Decameron (1991); Chaucer and the early writings of Boccaccio (1985); Bodies and Disciplines: Intersections of Literature and History in Fifteenth-Century England (ed. with Barbara A Hanawalt).
Reviews for The New Cambridge History of English Literature: The Cambridge History of Medieval English Literature
'Unlike many previous literary histories, this will be read ... David Wallace's history is the work of many gifted contributors, a consummate editor, and a publishing house investing its resources as only a great press can.' James Simpson ' ... many of the contributors, have taken their opportunity to reorganise areas of the literacy of the British Isles with great ... Read more