King Pamela. Medieval Literature, 1300-1500 (Edinburgh Critical Guides to Literature) (ENG)

Edinburgh University Press, 2011 - 256 p. ISBN10: 0748634606 ISBN13: 9780748634606Medieval Literature, 1300-1500 offers close readings of Middle English texts placed within the culture with which they interact. Famous works, like The Canterbury Tales, are discussed alongside lesser-known poems, prose, and plays, in five thematically-organized chapters, accompanied by a helpful critical apparatus. Reflecting the proliferation of user-friendly editions, this book extends the range of Middle English writing for which there is accessible up-to-date critical support, enabling the student, the general reader, the course designer, and the aspirant specialist, to read widely and with enjoyment in the medieval period.