Middle English
Instead of summarising existing knowledge after the fashion of the now-ubiquitous literary 'companions', these essays aim at opening fresh discussion; instead of emphasising settled consensus they direct their readers to areas of enlivened and unresolved debate. Although 'major author...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press
2007, c2007
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| Series: | Oxford twenty-first century approaches to literature / Oxford twenty-first century approaches to literature
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| Collection: | Oxford Handbook Online - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Instead of summarising existing knowledge after the fashion of the now-ubiquitous literary 'companions', these essays aim at opening fresh discussion; instead of emphasising settled consensus they direct their readers to areas of enlivened and unresolved debate. Although 'major authors' such as Chaucer and Langland are richly represented, many little-known and neglected texts are considered as well. Analysis is devoted not only to self-sufficient works, but to the general conditions of textual production and reception |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 521 p.) ill |
| ISBN: | 9780191792137 |