Traditions and Renewals: Chaucer, the Gawain-Poet, & Beyond

by Marie Borroff

Literary critic, poet and philologist as well as medievalist, with a particular interest in the powers and effects of poetic language, Marie Borroff brings the full range of her expertise to bear on problems of central importance in the poetry of Chaucer and his nameless contemporary, the Gawain--or Pearl--poet. This collection of essays, much of it previously unpublished, represents a major contribution to the study of late Middle English literature...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300096127
• ISBN13: 9780300096125
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 10.1"