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Title: MEDIEVAL LYRIC
MIDDLE ENGLISH LYRICS, BALLADS AND CAROLS
By: John C. Hirsh (Editor)
Format: Hardback

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ISBN 10: 1405114819
ISBN 13: 9781405114813
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Publisher: JOHN WILEY AND SONS LTD
Pub. date: 11 August, 2004
Pages: 240
Description: * 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. * Introduces readers to the rich variety of Middle English poetry.
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. * 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. * Introduces readers to the rich variety of Middle English poetry. * 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. * Reader--friendly -- uses modernized letter forms, punctuation and capitalization, and side glosses explaining difficult words. * Opens with a substantial introduction by the editor to the medieval lyric as a genre, and features short introductions to each section and poem. * Also includes an annotated bibliography, glossary, index of first lines, and list of manuscripts cited.
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Publication: UK
Imprint: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
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