The owl and the nightingale : the poem and its critics /

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hume, Kathryn, 1945-
Format: Government Document Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Middle English
Published: Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, [1975]
Subjects:
Owl and the nightingale (Middle English poem)
Owl and the nightingale.
The owl and the nightingale
Debate poetry, English (Middle) > History and criticism.
Civilization, Medieval, in literature.
Birds in literature.
Civilisation médiévale dans la littérature.
Oiseaux dans la littérature.
POETRY > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Birds in literature
Civilization, Medieval, in literature
Debate poetry, English (Middle)
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Some problems of text, date, authorship, and interpretation
  • 2. The avian nature of the protagonists
  • 3. The significance of the debate form
  • 4. Intellectual and religious interpretations
  • 5. Historical and political interpretations
  • 6. Structure and sequential impact
  • 7. The potentialities of burlesque-satire interpretation
  • 8. Conclusions.

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