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Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Scholarly and highly informative, this anthology represents a distinctive contribution to the understanding and enjoyment of Middle English literature. Kenneth Sisam's well-chosen extracts from writings of the 14th century illustrate a rising new spirit in vernacular works. Selections include excerpts from such tales as "Sir Gawayne and the Grene Knight" and the"Gest Hystoriale of the destruction of Troy," the immortal "Piers Plowman," John Wycliffe's...
10) The Middle Ages
Series
Sphere history of literature volume 1
Pub. Date
1986.
Edition
Revised.
Language
English
Author
Series
Clothbound classics
No fear literature
Library of literature volume LL-27
Penguin classics volume L22
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No fear literature
Library of literature volume LL-27
Penguin classics volume L22
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Language
English
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A retelling of the medieval poem about a group of travelers on a pilgrimage to Canterbury and the tales they tell each other. With their astonishing diversity of tone and subject matter, The Canterbury Tales have become one of the touchstones of medieval literature. Translated here into modern English, these tales of a motley crowd of pilgrims drawn from all walks of life-from knight to nun, miller to monk-reveal a picture of English life in the fourteenth...
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