The grounds of English literature /

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Using an innovative theory of literary form applied to a series of detailed readings of the more important early Middle English works, Christopher Cannon shows how the many and varied texts of the period laid the foundations for the project of English literature.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Cannon, Christopher
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Subjects:
1100 - 1500
Geschichte 1066-1300.
English literature > Middle English, 1100-1500 > History and criticism.
Romances, English > History and criticism.
Littérature anglaise > 1100-1500 (Moyen anglais) > Histoire et critique.
Roman courtois anglais > Histoire et critique.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
English literature > Middle English
Romances, English
Literatur
Letterkunde.
Middelengels.
Mittelenglisch.
Electronic book.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The loss of literature: 1066
  • The law of the land: Lazamon's Brut
  • Right writing: the Ormulum
  • The meaning of life: the owl and the nightingale
  • The place of the self: Ancrene Wisse and the Katherine-group
  • The spirit of romance: King Horn, Havelok the Dane, and Floris and Blancheflour.

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