Medieval Writers and Their Work: Middle English Literature and Its Background 1100-1500

by J.A. Burrow

Book Overview

J. A. Burrow shows that the literature of authors such as Chaucer, Gower, and Langland is more readily accessible than usually imagined, and well worth reading too. By placing medieval writers in their historical context - the four centuries between the Norman Conquest and the Renaissance - Professor Burrow explains not only how they wrote, but why. This book provides a valuable introduction to the problems which a modern reader encounters when approaching...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192891227
• ISBN13: 9780192891228
• Release Date: December 1982
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.8" x 5.1"