{"product_id":"reading-middle-english-literature-isbn-9780631231721","title":"Reading Middle English Literature","description":"This introduction provides the guidance that modern readers need to come to an informed appreciation of the writings of medieval England.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cul class=\"noindent\"\u003e \u003cli\u003eAn introduction to English literature written in the four centuries following the Norman Conquest.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWritten by the well-known medievalist, Thorlac Turville-Petre.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDemonstrates that Middle English literature is more accessible than is often supposed.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides readers with the guidance they need to come to an informed appreciation of the writings of medieval England.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDesigned to be used alongside \u003ci\u003eA Book of Middle English,\u003c\/i\u003e (Third Edition, Blackwell Publishing, 2005).\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  List of Plates. \u003cp\u003ePreface.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbbreviations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1. The Use of English.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThree Languages.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Choice of English.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSocial Register.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2. Texts and Manuscripts.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInformation from Manuscripts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eScribes and their Manuscripts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAudiences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAuthors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3. Literature and Society.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBond and Free.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSocial Tensions in the Reeve's Tale.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePloughing Piers' Half Acre.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAt the Court of King Arthur.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn Criseyde's Palace.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4. History and Romance.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDefinitions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMonastic History.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe History of St Erkenwald.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnglishing Arthur.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Fairy World.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5. Piety.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom Pecham to Arundel.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChrist the Lover and God the Unknowable.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRetelling Biblical Stories.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Death of a Child.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6. Love and Marriage.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMarriage and Love - and Sex.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Lover's Confession.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLove's Craft.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'All this Mean I by Love'.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eThorlac Turville-Petre\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Medieval English Literature at the University of Nottingham. His previous publications include \u003ci\u003eEngland the Nation\u003c\/i\u003e (1996) and (with J. A. Burrow) \u003ci\u003eA Book of Middle English\u003c\/i\u003e (Third Edition, Blackwell, 2005).  \u003ci\u003eReading Middle English Literature\u003c\/i\u003e is a study of English literature written in the four centuries following the Norman Conquest. Written by the well-known medievalist Thorlac Turville-Petre, it demonstrates that Middle English literature is much more accessible than is often supposed and provides the guidance that modern readers need to come to an informed appreciation of the writings of medieval England. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book focuses on the representative selection of texts in \u003ci\u003eA Book of Middle English\u003c\/i\u003e (Third Edition, Blackwell, 2005), ensuring that readers have easy access to the primary material under discussion. It offers new and detailed readings of these texts in light of attitudes to the language, the means of book-production, the society for which the texts were written, concepts of history and romance, the religious practices of the age, and ideals of love and marriage.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989917548773,"sku":"NP9780631231721","price":38.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780631231721.jpg?v=1761785901","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/reading-middle-english-literature-isbn-9780631231721","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}