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From «Beowulf» to Caxton: Studies in Medieval Languages and Literature, Texts and Manuscripts: 7
Author(s): Tomonori Matsushita (Editor), A.V.C. Schmidt (Editor), David J. Wallace (Editor)
- Publisher: Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
- Publication Date: 4 July 2011
- Edition: New
- Language: English
- Print length: 380 pages
- ISBN-10: 3034301049
- ISBN-13: 9783034301046
Book Description
Senshu University has hosted many international conferences on medieval English literature – primarily on Geoffrey Chaucer and William Langland – as well as in the related fields of Old Germanic, medieval French and Renaissance Italian literature. These international collaborations inform and contribute to the present volume, which addresses the heritage bequeathed to medieval English language and literature by the classical world.
This volume explores the development of medieval English literature in light of contact with Germanic and Old Norse cultures, on the one hand, and Romance languages, on the other. The book includes a comparative study of Beowulf in the Germanic context, discusses aspects of Piers Plowman and its tradition, and offers philological approaches to Chaucer (especially his Troilus and Criseyde). The articles assembled here collectively suggest how the torches of classical learning were carried from continental Europe to illuminate the pages of medieval English literature.
This volume explores the development of medieval English literature in light of contact with Germanic and Old Norse cultures, on the one hand, and Romance languages, on the other. The book includes a comparative study of Beowulf in the Germanic context, discusses aspects of Piers Plowman and its tradition, and offers philological approaches to Chaucer (especially his Troilus and Criseyde). The articles assembled here collectively suggest how the torches of classical learning were carried from continental Europe to illuminate the pages of medieval English literature.
Editorial Reviews
About the Author
Tomonori Matsushita is Professor of Medieval English literature and linguistics, Senshu University, Tokyo.
A.V.C. Schmidt is Andrew Bradley-James Maxwell Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford.
David Wallace is Judith Rodin Professor of English, University of Pennsylvania.
A.V.C. Schmidt is Andrew Bradley-James Maxwell Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford.
David Wallace is Judith Rodin Professor of English, University of Pennsylvania.
