The Broadview Anthology of British Literature: Volume 1 (Second Edition): The Medieval Period - Softcover

Joseph Black

Softcover

ISBN 10: 155111965X ISBN 13: 9781551119656

Publisher: Broadview Press, 2009

Synopsis

This second edition of the very popular ""Broadview Anthology of British Literature: The Medieval Period"" offers expanded selections from authors such as Chaucer and Langland and also includes material from new authors such as Gower. The second edition of volume one of ""The Broadview Anthology of British Literature"" will include considerably more of Langland's Pier's Plowman than appears in the first edition, and will include for the first time the work of John Gower. Also new to the bound book component of the anthology will be the York Crucifixion Play, and additional work by Chaucer. With this volume as with the others, material continues to be added on an ongoing basis to the website component of the anthology. The website component allows access to even more works than the already generous selection in the bound volume. This title provides works from both canonical and lesser known authors. It is competitively priced. It includes valuable introductory and contextual material.

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Review

"The Broadview Anthology of British Literature is a marvellously rich anthology with many complete, well-annotated works, a better representation of important figures than any of its competitors, fascinating 'cultural portfolios, ' real attention to book- and print-culture, and great examples of transatlantic and postcolonialist literatures." ELIZABETH HODGSON, University of British Columbia "Broadview's recent Anthology of British Literature is an exciting achievement. Broadview has accomplished what no other anthology to date has been able to do. In its selection of materials, the anthology successfully integrates significant but only recently acknowledged works alongside more familiar greats. Its introductory essays and useful appendices successfully reflect current scholarship while remaining student centred. And its generous, wide-ranging contextualizing material will allow instructors to teach surveys of British literature with strong and serious attention to material culture. With an impressive selection of literary works, an equally impressive collection of visual images, and an exemplary emphasis on print culture and history of the language, The Broadview Anthology [...] sets a new standard by which all other anthologies of British Literature will now have to be measured." GRAHAM HAMMILL, University of Buffalo, SUNY "Broadview has done an exquisite job in assembling this exceptional and exhaustive collection. Very nice indeed!" NAT HARDY, Rogers State University "With the publication of The Broadview Anthology of British Literature, teachers and students in survey and upper-level undergraduate courses have a compelling alternative to the established anthologies from Norton and Longman. Having adopted the first two volumes for an early period survey course last year, I had no hesitation in repeating the experience this year. The medieval volume, in particular, is superb, with its generous representation of Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Norman literary culture, as well as its growing collection of texts from the too little-known fifteenth century. This is a very real intellectual, as well as pedagogical, achievement." Nicholas Watson, Harvard University "The simple fact is that a major work of student-centered scholarship has arrived in the field of English studies, and The Broadview Anthology of British Literature is no mere pretender to the throne long held by the Norton: it is the new standard." RICHARD NORDQUIST, Director of Liberal Studies, Armstrong Atlantic State University

From the Back Cover

In all six of its volumes The Broadview Anthology of British Literature presents British literature in a truly distinctive light. Fully grounded in sound literary and historical scholarship, the anthology takes a fresh approach to many canonical authors, and includes a wide selection of work by lesser-known writers. The anthology also provides wide-ranging coverage of the worldwide connections of British literature, and it pays attention throughout to issues of race, gender, class, and sexual orientation. It includes comprehensive introductions to each period, providing in each case an overview of the historical and cultural as well as the literary background. It features accessible and engaging headnotes for all authors, extensive explanatory annotations throughout, and an unparalleled number of illustrations and contextual materials, offering additional perspectives both on individual texts and on larger social and cultural developments. Innovative, authoritative, and comprehensive, The Broadview Anthology of British Literature embodies a consistently fresh approach to the study of literature and literary history. The second edition of volume one of The Broadview Anthology of British Literature includes considerably more of Langland's Pierâ??s Plowman than appears in the first edition, and includes for the first time the work of John Gower. Also new to the bound book component of the anthology is the York Crucifixion Play, and additional work by Chaucer. With this volume as with the others, material continues to be added on an ongoing basis to the website component of the anthology.

Edition details

• Publisher: Broadview Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 155111965X
• ISBN 13: 9781551119656
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 920
• Editor: Joseph Black, Leonard Conolly, Kate Flint, Isobel Grundy, Don LePan, Roy Liuzza, Jerome J. McGann, Anne Lake Prescott, Barry V. Qualls, Claire Waters