Literary Criticism : European

Medieval Lyric is a colourful collection of lyrical poems, carols, and traditional British ballads written between the thirteenth and fifteenth centuries, together with some twentieth-century American versions of them.:.; A lively and engaging collection of lyrical poems, carols, and traditional British ballads written in between the thirteenth and fifteenth centuries, together with some twentieth-century American versions of them.; Introduces readers to the rich variety of Middle English poetry.; Presents poems of mourning and of celebration, poems dedicated to the Blessed Virgin and to Christ, poems inviting or disparaging love, poems about sex, and more.; Reader-friendly - uses modernized letter forms, punctuation and capitalization, and side glosses explaining difficult words.; Opens with a substantial introduction by the editor to the medieval lyric as a genre, and features short introductions to each section and poem.; Also includes an annotated bibliography, glossary, index of first lines, and list of manuscripts cited. more...

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Middle English is a student guide to the most influential critical writing on Middle English literature.:.; A student guide to the most influential critical writing on Middle English literature.; Brings together extracts from some of the major authorities in the field.; Introduces readers to different critical approaches to key Middle English texts.; Treats a wide range of Middle English texts, including The Owl and the Nightingale, The Canterbury Tales and Morte d’Arthur.; Organized around key critical concerns, such as authorship, genre, and textual form.; Each critical concern can be used as the basis for one week’s work in a semester-long course.; Enables readers to forge new connections between different approaches. more...

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This guide helps readers to engage with the major critical debates surrounding literary modernism.:.; A judicious selection of key critical works on literary modernism.; Presents a critical history from the earliest reviews to the most recent theoretical assessments.; Shows how modernist writers understood and constructed modernism.; Shows how succeeding generations have developed those constructions and brought new interpretations to bear on the subject.; Discusses how modernism relates to modernity and odernization, and to other literary and cultural movements.; Texts have been selected for their relevance to the questions surrounding modernism, and for their accessibility to readers with a limited knowledge of the modernist canon.; Includes a glossary and an annotated bibliography. more...

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An original exploration of modernist authors' fascination with the everyday. more...

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The first detailed comparative study of memory in the works of Eliot and Woolf. more...

Price: $76.00