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A companion to Old and Middle English literature /
Defines, classifies, and critically studies Old and Middle English literature according to genres. Old and Middle English literature can be obscure and challenging and has elicited a large body of criticism. Readers confronting medieval literature soon note that writers of the era were masters of li...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Westport, Conn. :
Greenwood Press,
2002.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Defines, classifies, and critically studies Old and Middle English literature according to genres. Old and Middle English literature can be obscure and challenging and has elicited a large body of criticism. Readers confronting medieval literature soon note that writers of the era were masters of literary form. Indeed, many works draw on similar texts, since imitation was admired. Recent scholarship, too, has given much attention to the importance of genre, since the genre in which a work is written often conveys knowledge of the author's intentions and thus helps illuminate the meaning of the. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 433 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-423) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0313011117 9780313011115 1280637137 9781280637131 9786610637133 661063713X |