{"product_id":"medieval-lyric-isbn-9781405114820","title":"Medieval Lyric","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMedieval Lyric\u003c\/i\u003e is a colourful collection of lyrical poems, carols, and traditional British ballads written between the thirteenth and fifteenth centuries, together with some twentieth-century American versions of them.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eA lively and engaging collection of lyrical poems, carols, and traditional British ballads written in between the thirteenth and fifteenth centuries, together with some twentieth-century American versions of them.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIntroduces readers to the rich variety of Middle English poetry.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePresents poems of mourning and of celebration, poems dedicated to the Blessed Virgin and to Christ, poems inviting or disparaging love, poems about sex, and more.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eReader-friendly - uses modernized letter forms, punctuation and capitalization, and side glosses explaining difficult words.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOpens with a substantial introduction by the editor to the medieval lyric as a genre, and features short introductions to each section and poem.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAlso includes an annotated bibliography, glossary, index of first lines, and list of manuscripts cited.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  List of Illustrations. \u003cp\u003ePreface.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Abbreviations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eI. Poems of Mourning, Fear, and Apprehension\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 O Glorius God, redemer of mankynde.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Mirie it is while sumer i-last.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Now goth sonne vnder wod.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 If man him bithocte.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Wen the turuf is thy tuur.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 As I went in a mery mornyng.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Thegh thou habbe casteles and toures.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eII. Poems of Joy and Celebration\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Svmer is i-cumen in.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Adam lay i-bowndyn.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 My gostly fadir, Y me confesse.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Lett no man cum into this hall.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Witte hath wondir that resoun ne telle kan.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIII. Poems Inscribed to the Blessed Virgin\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 I syng of a mayden.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Of on that is so fayr and brigt.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Haill, Quene of Hevin and Steren of Blis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 I saw a fayr mayden.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIV. Poems of Narrative Reflection\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 In the vaile of restles mynd.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Alas, alas, and alas, why.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 I wolde witen of sum wys wiht.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eV. Poems Whose Meanings Are Hidden (but Not Necessarily Unknown).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Maiden in the mor lay.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Foweles in the frith.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Ich am of Irlaunde.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 I seche a youthe that eldyth noght.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 He bare hym vp, he bare hym down.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVI. Poems about Christ’s Life and Passion\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 A child is boren amonges man.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Al other loue is lych the mone.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Wose seye on rode.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 O man vnkynde.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 Ihesu, my spowse good and trewe.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 Causa materialis huius rubricacionis est.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVII. Poems Inviting or Disparaging Love\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 Bytuene Mersh and Aueril.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32 Goe, lytyll byll, and doe me recommende.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33 I haue a yong suster.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e34 Goo, lyttell ryng, to that ylke suehte.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e35 Vnto you, most froward, this lettre I write.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e36 O fresch floure, most plesant of pryse.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVIII. Poems about Sex.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e37 Westron wynde, when wyll thow blow.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e38 Al nist by the rose, Rose.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e39 I haue a gentil cok.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e40 Ladd Y the daunce.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIX. Ballads\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e41 Sir Patrick Spens.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePatrick Spencer (American version).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e42 Bonnie Barbara Allan.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBarbara Allen (American version).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e43 Lord Randal.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJimmy Randal (American version).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e44 The Unquiet Grave.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Wind Blew Up, the Wind Blew Down (American version).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e45 The Three Ravens.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWillie McGee McGaw (American version).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eX. Carols\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e46 Go day, Syre Cristemas, our kyng.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e47 I shall you tell a gret mervayll.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e48 Off seruyng men I wyll begyne.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e49 Owre kynge went forth to Normandy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e50 As the holly grouth grene.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAppendix A. Some Lyrics of Geoffrey Chaucer.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA1 Truth.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA2 The Complaint of Chaucer to his Purse.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA3 To Rosamounde.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA4 Lak of Stedfastnesse.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA5 Embedded Lyric A.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA6 Embedded Lyric B.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA7 To Adam, My Scribe.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAppendix B. Poems of William Hereberet, Richard Rolle, and John Audelay\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eB1 Alma Redemptoris Mater (Holy Moder, that bere Cryst).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eB2 Jesus Our Ransom (Iesu our raunsoun).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRichard Rolle.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eB3 A Song of Love-Longing to Jesus (Ihesu, God sone, Lord of Mageste).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eB4 A Prose Lyric: Spiritual Joy in Jesus (Gastly gladnes in Ihesu).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eB5 Embedded Lyric A (Ihesu, be thou my ioy).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eB6 Embedded Lyric B (A, Lord, kyng of myght).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eB7 Embedded Lyric C (To loue the).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn Audelay.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eB8 Of the Love of God (I haue a loue is heuen kyng).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eB9 Of Our King, Henry VI (A! Pereles Pryns to the we pray).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAppendix C. Three Poems from the Findern Anthology\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eC1 Where Y haue chosyn, stedefast woll Y be.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eC2 Whatso men seyn.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eC3 Continvaunce.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlossary.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Short Bibliography of the Middle English Lyric.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFirst Line Index.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eManuscript Index.\u003c\/p\u003e  \"A very attractive anthology, notable for its variety and the careful and expert way it has been designed for the use of students.\"\u003cbr\u003e --\u003ci\u003eDouglas Gray\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Students will particularly value the range of critical material cited.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e--Valerie Edden, University of Birmingham, Modern Language Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eJohn C. Hirsh\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of English at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. His previous publications include \u003ci\u003eChaucer and the Canterbury Tales\u003c\/i\u003e (Blackwell, 2003), \u003ci\u003eThe Boundaries of Faith: The Development and Transmission of Medieval Spirituality\u003c\/i\u003e (1996), \u003ci\u003eThe Revelations of Margery Kempe: Paramystical Practices in Late Medieval England\u003c\/i\u003e (1989), and \u003ci\u003eHope Emily Allen: Medieval Scholarship and Feminism\u003c\/i\u003e (1988). He has also edited \u003ci\u003eBarlam and Iosaphat\u003c\/i\u003e (1986) for the Early English Text Society.  \u003ci\u003eMedieval Lyric\u003c\/i\u003e is a lively and engaging collection of lyrical poems, carols, and traditional British ballads written primarily between the thirteenth and fifteenth centuries, together with some twentieth-century American versions of the ballads. The volume introduces readers to the rich variety of Middle English poetry and includes poems of mourning and of celebration, poems dedicated to the Blessed Virgin and to Christ, poems inviting or disparaging love, poems about sex, and more. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn order to make the collection as reader-friendly as possible, modernized letter forms, punctuation and capitalization are used throughout, and side glosses explain difficult words. In addition, the editor provides a substantial introduction to the medieval lyric as a whole, as well as short introductions to each section and each poem. To support further exploration of Middle English poetry, there are three appendices containing lyrics by Chaucer and other Middle English poets, and an annotated bibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989604745445,"sku":"NP9781405114820","price":64.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405114820.jpg?v=1761784776","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/medieval-lyric-isbn-9781405114820","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}