A Companion to Old and Middle English Literature.

Cover -- A Companion to Old and Middle English Literature -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 Old English and Anglo-Norman Literature -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- 2 Religious and Allegorical Verse -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- 3 Alliterative Poetry in Old and Middle English -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- 4 Balladry -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- 5 The Beast Fable -- THE OLD ENGLISH PHYSIOLOGUS AND THE PHOENIX FROM THE EXETER BOOK -- THE MIDDLE ENGLISH BESTIARY -- THE FOX AND THE WOLF -- CHAUCER'S "NUN'S PRIEST'S TALE" -- JOHN LYDGATE (EARLY FIFTEENTH CENTURY) -- ROBERT HENRYSON (LATE FIFTEENTH CENTURY) -- OTHER BEAST FABLES -- CRITICAL SURVEY -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- 6 Breton Lay -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- Editions -- Studies -- 7 Chronicle -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- 8 Debate Poetry -- THE OWL AND THE NIGHTINGALE -- THE THRUSH AND THE NIGHTINGALE -- THE DEBATE OF THE BODY AND THE SOUL -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- 9 Medieval English Drama -- DEFINITION AND CHARACTERISTICS -- THE EXAMPLE OF THE YORK CYCLE -- HISTORY OF CRITICISM -- Editions -- Monographs -- Critical Anthologies -- Morality Plays -- New Approaches -- CONCLUSION -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- 10 Dream Vision -- PROMINENT EXAMPLES OF THE GENRE -- SURVEY OF SCHOLARSHIP ON MEDIEVAL ENGLISH DREAM VISION -- Monographs about Medieval Dream Vision -- Studies of Individual Dream Poems -- Piers Plowman -- Pearl -- Chaucer's Dream Visions -- The Book of the Duchess -- The House of Fame -- The Parliament of Fowls -- Prologue to The Legend of Good Women -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- General Studies of Medieval Dream Vision and Related Subjects -- Piers Plowman -- Pearl -- Studies Not Previously Listed That Contribute to Studies on Chaucer's Dream Visions -- The Book of the Duchess -- The House of Fame -- The Parliament of Fowls -- Prologue to The Legend of Good Women -- Selected Editions.

11 Epic and Heroic Poetry -- BRIEF OVERVIEW -- OLD ENGLISH TEXTS -- MIDDLE ENGLISH TEXTS -- CRITICAL HISTORY OF THE GENRE -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- 12 The Epic Genre and Medieval Epics -- THE "EPIC" AND THE MEDIEVAL WRITER/READER -- THE CONVENTIONS OF HEROIC/EPIC POETRY -- THE CONVENTIONS APPLIED -- Long Narrative Poem -- Characters/Hero(es) of High Position -- Nationally or Historically Important Episodes -- Events and Persons of Legendary Significance -- A Vast Setting-a Nation or the World -- Deeds of Valor and Courage -- A World-changing Event -- Gods and Demigods -- The Arming of the Hero -- Ancestry of Men and Inanimate Objects -- Allusions to Stories, Science, History, or Cultural Beliefs -- Topical Digressions -- Epic Similes -- Epic Epithets or Kennings -- Religious Observances -- Lives of the Gods -- Prophecies and Omens -- Descent into the Underworld -- Elevated and Majestic Language and Imagery -- Oral or Literary Formulation -- Begins in Medias Res -- Epic Question -- Wrath or Guile -- Invocations of the Muses/Gods -- Formal Speeches and Boasts -- Epic Catalogs -- Dark Humor/Wry Wit -- MEDIEVAL POEMS THAT CONTAIN EPIC QUALITIES -- SIX MEDIEVAL EPICS IN BRIEF -- Beowulf -- Il Commedia -- Chanson de Roland -- Arthurian Cycle -- El Cid (Poema Del Cid, Cantar de Mio Cid) -- Nibelungenlied -- CONCLUSION -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- 13 The Fabliau -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- 14 Hagiographic, Homiletic, and Didactic Literature -- DEFINITIONS AND BACKGROUND -- REPRESENTATIVE EXAMPLES -- CRITICAL SURVEY AND BIBLIOGRAPHY -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- Hagiography -- Editions -- Studies -- Homilies -- Editions -- Studies -- Biblical Translations and Commentaries -- Editions -- Studies -- Works of Religious Instruction -- Editions -- Studies -- Works of Instruction for Religious Orders -- Editions -- Studies -- 15 Lyric Poetry.

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- 16 The Middle English Parody/ Burlesque -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- 17 Riddles -- LOCATION, DEFINITION, AND CHARACTERICTICS -- EXAMPLES -- THE LITERARY HISTORY OF THE OLD ENGLISH RIDDLE GENRE -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- 18 Romance -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- 19 Visions of the Afterlife -- DEFINING THE GENRE -- PROMINENT EXAMPLES -- CRITICAL HISTORY -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- Primary Sources -- Secondary Sources -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- About the Editors and Contributors.

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