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David Johnson and Elaine Treharne, eds.
Readings in Medieval Texts.

Oxford University Press, 2005.
384pp.
Paperback.
ISBN 0199261636.

Publisher's recommended price £19.99

Readings in Medieval Texts offers a thorough and accessible introduction to the interpretation and criticism of a broad range of Old and Middle English canonical texts from the ninth to the fifteenth centuries. The volume brings together 24 newly commissioned chapters by a leading international team of medieval scholars. It outlines current debates and theories and also explores the major themes and literary issues of texts such as Beowulf and The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.

Contents/contributors: Elaine Treharne: Introduction 1 Patrick Conner: The Old English Elegy: An Historicization 2 Rolf H. Bremmer: Old English Heroic Literature 3 Roy Liuzza: Beowulf and History 4 Sarah Larret Keefer: Introducing Old English Religious Literature 5 Jonathan Wilcox: The Old English Riddles 6 Thomas Bredehoft: History and Memory in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle 7 Nicole Guenther Discenza: Alfredian Prose 8 Thomas N. Hall: Old English Religious Prose 9 Stacy S. Klein: Elene, Motherhood, and History 10 Thomas D. Hill: Old English Sapiental Poetry 11 James Morey: Middle English Didactic Literature 12 Jill Frederick: Warring with Words: Cynewulf's Saint, Juliana 13 Denis Reveney: Early Middle English Writings for Women 14 David F. Johnson: The Middle English Brut in Verse 15 Peter Lucas: Early Middle English Vere Romance 16 Ad Putter: Later Middle English Romance 17 Alan Fletcher: Middle English Debate Literature 18 Mary Swan: Early Middle English Writings for Women 19 Michael Twomey: The Gawain Poet 20 Andrew Galloway: Middle English Prologues 21 Anne Marie D'Arcy: Middle English Lyrics 22 William A. Quinn: The Middle English Dream Vision 23 Nicola Royan: Middle Scots Literature 24 Greg Walker: Medieval Drama: The Corpus Christi in York and Croxton David Johnson: Literary Sensibilities: Reflections.



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