Studies in Late Medieval And Early Renaissance Texts in Honour of John Scattergood: The Key Of All Good Remembrance

D'Arcy, Anne Marie (Editor)/ Fletcher, Alan J. (Editor)/ Scattergood, V. J. (Editor)

ISBN 10: 1851829296 / ISBN 13: 9781851829293

Published by Four Courts Pr Ltd, 2005

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illustrated edition. 416 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.25 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Studies in Late Medieval And Early Renaissance Texts in Honour of John Scattergood: The Key Of All Good Remembrance
• Publisher: Four Courts Pr Ltd
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1851829296
• ISBN 13: 9781851829293
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New

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Synopsis

Essays published in honour of the Trinity College-based scholar who has been at the forefront of Middle English studies in Ireland for many years. Contents as follows: David Aers on the Testimony of William Thorpe - Valerie Allen on tournament and toxophily in late-medieval England - Julia Boffey on Chaucer's fortune in the 1530s - John A. Burrow Chaucer's Book of the duchess - Helen Conrad-O'Briain Sir Orfeo - Helen Cooper The date of the Auchinleck manuscript - Anne Marie D'Arcy Henryson's The testament of Cresseid - A.S.G. Edwards The Canterbury tales - Richard Firth Green 'The hunting of the hare' - Alan J. Fletcher The pearl - Ralph Hanna Some TCD manuscripts - Angela M. Lucas on Chaucer's Franklin's tale - Peter J. Lucas on Capgrave's The solace of pilgrimes - Alastair J. Minnis Piers Plowman - Charlotte C. Morse Scenes of farewell in the middle ages - Derek Pearsall The flower and the leaf and The assembly of ladies - Helen Phillips Remembering Edward I - Oliver S. Pickering The Alphabetical praise of womenÃ?Â?Ã?Â?Wendy Scase on MS Harley 2253 - James Simpson on Caxton's History of Reynard the fox - Myra Stokes on Sir Gawain and the Green Knight - John J. Thompson Manuscripts and texts associated with John Stow - Thorlac Turville-Petre on St Erkenwald - Greg Walker The Plowman's tale.

Synopsis

Irish, British, and North American scholars of Medieval literature explore a range of English authors and works, focusing on the interface of the literary texts with their historical and political moment. Among their topics are tournament and toxophily in late-Medieval England, some reflections of Sir Orfeo's poetic mirror of polity, the letter and