A Companion to Medieval English Literature and Culture, C.1350-C.1500

A Companion to Medieval English Literature and Culture, c.1350-c.1500 challenges readers to think beyond a narrowly defined canon and conventional disciplinary boundaries.

A ground-breaking collection of newly-commissioned essays on medieval literature and culture.

• Encourages students to think beyond a narrowly defined canon and conventional disciplinary boundaries.
• Reflects the erosion of the traditional, rigid boundary between medieval and early modern literature.
• Stresses the importance of constructing contexts for reading literature.
• Explores the extent to which medieval literature is in dialogue with other cultural products, including the literature of other countries, manuscripts and religion.
• Includes close readings of frequently-studied texts, including texts by Chaucer, Langland, the Gawain poet, and Hoccleve.
• Confronts some of the controversies that exercise students of medieval literature, such as those connected with literary theory, love, and chivalry and war.

A Companion to Medieval English Literature and Culture, C.1350-C.1500 features in the following genres: Literature: history and criticism

A Companion to Medieval English Literature and Culture, C.1350-C.1500 is available in Paperback, Hardback

A Companion to Medieval English Literature and Culture, C.1350-C.1500 was written by Peter Brown and published by Wiley Blackwell an imprint of Wiley

A Companion to Medieval English Literature and Culture, C.1350-C.1500 has 668 pages

Yes it is part of Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture series