Companion to Middle English Prose, 1843840189, £70.00/$135.00, 344p 2004

A Companion to Middle English Prose
Edited by A. S. G. Edwards

The essays in this volume provide an up-to-date and authoritative guide to the major prose Middle English authors and genres. Each chapter is written by a leading authority on the subject and offers a succinct account of all relevant literary, history and cultural factors that need to considered, together with bibliographical references. Authors examined include the writers of the Ancrene Wisse, the Katherine Group and the Wohunge Group; Richard Rolle; Walter Hilton; Nicholas Love; Julian of Norwich; Margery Kempe; 'Sir John Mandeville'; John Trevisa, Reginald Pecock; and John Fortescue. Genres discussed include romances, saints' lives, letters, sermon literature, historical prose, anonymous devotional writings, Wycliffite prose,and various forms of technical writing.The final chapter examines the treatment of Middle English prose in the first age of print.

Contributors: BELLA MILLETT, RALPH HANNA III, AD PUTTER, KANTIK GHOSH, BARRY A. WINDEATT, A.C. SPEARING, IAN HIGGINS, A.S.G. EDWARDS, VINCENT GILLESPIE, HELEN L. SPENCER, ALFRED HIATT, FIONA SOMERSET, HELEN COOPER, GEORGE KEISER, OLIVER S. PICKERING, JAMES SIMPSON, RICHARD BEADLE, ALEXANDRA GILLESPIE.

DETAILS
344 pages
Size: 23.4 x 15.6 cm
10 digit ISBN: 1843840189
13 digit ISBN: 9781843840183
Binding: Hardback
First published: 14/Nov/2004
Price: 135.00 USD / 70.00 GBP
Imprint: D. S. Brewer
Subject: Medieval Literature

BIC class: CFL

STATUS: Available
Details updated on 23/07/2008

Contents

1		Ancrene Wisse, the Katherine Group and the Wohunge Group Bella Millett
2		Rolle and Related Works Ralph Hanna
3		Wlater Hilton's Scale of Perfection and The Cloud of Unknowing Ad Putter
4		Nicholas Love Kantik Ghosh
5		Julian of Norwich Barry A Windeatt
6		Margery Kempe A C Spearing ***
7		Mandeville Ian Higgins
8		Trevisa A S G Edwards
9		Anonymous Devotional Writings Vincent Gillespie
10		Sermon Literature Helen L Spencer
11		Historical Writing Alfred Hiatt
12		Wycliffite Prose Fiona Somerset
13		Prose Romances Helen Cooper
14		Scientific, Medical and Utalitarian Prose George Keiser
15		Saints' Lives Oliver S Pickering
16		Reginald Pecock and John Fortescue James Simpson
17		Private Letters Richard Beadle
18		Caxton and After Alexandra Gillespie

Reviews
A much-needed resource. JOURNAL OF ENGLISH AND GERMANIC PHILOLOGY
[A] fine collection of essays from which Middle English prose emerges once again as one of the most stimulating and exciting areas of medieval literature. There can be no doubt that A Companion to Middle English Prose will establish itself in no time as a sine qua non for all who find themselves drawn to this rapidly developing field. ANGLIA
This is a book which should have a place on the shelves of every university where Medieval English is taught. RICARDIAN
An up-to-date and authoritative guide to the major prose Middle English authors and genres. MEDIUM AEVUM
Timely and welcome. [...]the scope, and calibre, of research in the Companion, above all, firmly establishes and surveys the valuable work already carried out. JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS

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