Medieval Lyric: Middle English Lyrics, Ballads, and Carol: Middle English Lyrics, Ballads, and Carols (Blackwell Critical Biographies) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1405114827 ISBN 13: 9781405114820

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010

Synopsis

"Medieval Lyric" 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. This is a 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. This title introduces readers to the rich variety of Middle English poetry.It presents 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. It is reader-friendly - uses modernized letter forms, punctuation and capitalization, and side glosses explaining difficult words. It opens with a substantial introduction by the editor to the medieval lyric as a genre, and features short introductions to each section and poem. It also includes an annotated bibliography, glossary, index of first lines, and list of manuscripts cited.

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Review:

"A very attractive anthology, notable for its variety and the careful and expert way it has been designed for the use of students."
--Douglas Gray

"Students will particularly value the range of critical material cited."
--Valerie Edden, University of Birmingham, Modern Language Review

From the Back Cover:

Medieval Lyric 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.

In 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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1405114827
• ISBN 13: 9781405114820
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 236
• Editor: Hirsh John C.