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The Anglo-Saxon World
Kevin Crossley-Holland
Reissue with new introduction of hardback edition of classic anthology of Anglo-Saxon poetry and prose.
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The Arthurian Way of Death
The English Tradition
Edited by Karen Cherewatuk & K.S. Whetter
The motif of death and dying traced through over a thousand years of the English Arthurian tradition.
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A Companion to Arcrene Wesse
Edited by Yoko Wada
Ancrene Wisse introduced through a variety of cultural and critical approaches which establish the originality and interest of the treatise.
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A Companion to Bede
George Hardin Brown
A full and accessibly-written survey of Bede and his works, including a chapter on his legacy for subsequent history.
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A Companion to Gower
Edited by Siân Echard
An introduction to Gower and his work, focusing on his sources, historical context and literary tradition; special attention is paid to Confessio Amantis.
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A Companion to Medieval Popular Romance
Edited by Raluca L. Radulescu & Cory James Rushton
A comprehensive guide to the medieval popular romance, one of the age's most important literary forms.
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A Companion to Medieval Scottish Poetry
Edited by Priscilla Bawcutt & Janet Hadley Williams
A full survey and overview of the extraordinary flowering of Scottish poetry in the middle ages.
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A Companion to Middle English Hagiography
Edited by Sarah Salih
The Saints' Life was one of the most popular forms of literature in medieval England. This volume offers crucial information for an understanding of the genre.
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A Companion to Middle English Lyric
Edited by Thomas G. Duncan
Comprehensive survey of the Middle English lyric, one of the most important forms of medieval literature.
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A Companion to the Book of Margery Kempe
Edited by John H. Arnold & Katherine J. Lewis
Margery Kempe and her Book studied in both literary and historical context.
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A Companion to the Lancelot-Grail Cycle
Edited by Carol Dover
Arthur and the grail stories appeared in this French prose cycle together for the first time; scholars explore its social, historical, literary and manuscript contexts and account for its enduring interest.
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A Companion to Wace
F.H.M. LeSaux
Guide to the works of the twelfth-century chronicler Wace, setting him in his historical and cultural context.
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A Critical Companion to Beowulf
Andy Orchard
A generous, energetic, engaging work...will be important to Beowulf study for years to come. — THE MEDIEVAL REVIEW
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Elves in Anglo-Saxon England
Matters of belief, Health, Gender and Identity
Alaric Hall
Elves and elf-belief during the Anglo-Saxon period are reassessed in this lively and provocative study.
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The Erotic in the Literature of Medieval Britain
Edited by Amanda Hopkins and Cory James Rushton
An examination of the erotic in medieval literature which includes articles on the role of clothing and nudity, the tension between eroticism and transgression and religion and the erotic.
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The History of the Kings of Britain
An edition and translation of the De gestis Britonum [Historia Regum Brittannie]
Geoffrey of Monmouth
Edited by Michael D. Reeve
Translated by Neil Wright
New translation of Geoffrey of Monmouth's Latin history - where King Arthur first appears.
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Medieval Comic Tales
Edited by Derek Brewer
Medieval humour revealed in an anthology of 80 tales from England, France, Italy, Germany, Spain.
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Medieval Ghost Stories
An Anthology of Miracles, Marvels and Prodigies
Andrew Joynes
77 tales of the supernatural, intended to frighten and excite and bring to heel their medieval audience.
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Medieval Obscenities
Edited by Nicola F. McDonald
'Obscenity' is central to an understanding of medieval culture, and it is here examined in a number of different media.
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Myths and Legends of the British Isles
Richard Barber
Tales from the dawn of Christianity to the age of the Plantagenets reveal a mythology in its time as potent as that of the classical world.
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The Sea and Medieval English Literature
Sebastian I. Sobecki
A fresh and invigorating survey of the sea as it appears in medieval English literature, from romance to chronicle, hagiography to autobiography.
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Sources and Analogues of the Canterbury Tales [pb set]
Edited by Robert M. Correale |
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Two Medieval Outlaws
Eustace the Monk and Fouke Fitz Waryn
Edited by Glyn S. Burgess
Fascinating insights into medieval life. — THE TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT
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