Preachers, Poets, and the Early English Lyric

by Siegfried Wenzel

Book Overview

The Middle English lyric is intimately related to late medieval preaching, not only because many lyrical poems have been preserved in sermon manuscripts, but also because preaching furnished a unique opportunity to create and utilize poems. Preachers, Poets, and the Early English Lyric explores this relationship in detail. Originally published in 1986. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691066701
• ISBN13: 9780691066707
• Release Date: September 1986
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 287 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.8"