Informative study of the 14th-century revival of alliterative poetry which culminated in the major masterpieces of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl and Piers Plowman. The revival of alliterative poetry in the fourteenth century, which culminated in the major masterpieces of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl and Piers Plowman, poses many problems for the historians of literature. As a result, the poems have tended to be studied in isolation, and their poetic context and use of an established tradition have been largely ignored. This book assesses the alliterative revival as a poetic movement, and restores the poems to their literary context. In particular, it offers an evaluation of the obscure origins of the revival, and on the type of audience for whom the poems were intended.
| ISBN: | 9780859910194 |
| Publication date: | 1st January 1977 |
| Author: | Thorlac TurvillePetre |
| Publisher: | D.S. Brewer an imprint of Boydell & Brewer Ltd |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 152 pages |
| Genres: |
Ancient, classical and medieval texts |
Informative study of the 14th-century revival of alliterative poetry which culminated in the major masterpieces of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl and Piers Plowman. The revival of alliterative poetry in the fourteenth century, which culminated in the major masterpieces of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl and Piers Plowman, poses many problems for the historians of literature. As a result, the poems have tended to be studied in isolation, and their poetic context and use of an established tradition have been largely ignored. This book assesses the alliterative revival as a poetic movement, and restores the poems to their literary context. In particular, it offers an evaluation of the obscure origins of the revival, and on the type of audience for whom the poems were intended.
The Alliterative Revival features in the following genres: Ancient, classical and medieval texts
The Alliterative Revival is available in Hardback
The Alliterative Revival was written by Thorlac TurvillePetre and published by D.S. Brewer an imprint of Boydell & Brewer Ltd
The Alliterative Revival has 152 pages