Encyclopedia of Medieval Literature
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Annales Cambriae
Arthurian Legend
Boccaccio
Canon's Yeoman's Tale
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chivalric narratives
coeur
Conrad III
courtly love themes
cross-cultural medieval texts
Earl
Edward III
english
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Gawain
Gawain Poett
Guibert
Guibert De Nogent
Henry III
historical literary analysis
isumbras
King Horn
lion
medieval drama studies
Medieval Greek Romances
medieval literary genres
medieval literature reference guide
middle
Montana State University
Nut Brown Maid
program
richard
Richard Coeurde Lion
sir
Sir Gawain
Sir Isumbras
Sir Patrick Spens
South Carolina Columbia
transition
Utah Valley State University
Villehardouin
Wakefield Master
year
Young Man
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- ISBN 9781579580544
- Weight: 884g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 01 Sep 1998
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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This reference is a comprehensive guide to literature written 500 to 1500 A.D., a period that gave rise to some of the world's most enduring and influential works, such as Dante's Commedia, Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, and a large body of Arthurian lore and legend. While its emphasis is upon medieval English texts and society, this reference also covers Islamic, Hispanic, Celtic, Mongolian, Germanic, Italian, and Russian literature and Middle Age culture.
Longer entries provide thorough coverage of major English authors such as Chaucer and Sir Thomas Malory, and of genre entries, such as drama, lyric, ballad, debate, saga, chronicle, and hagiography. Shorter entries examine particular literary works; significant kings, artists, explorers, and religious leaders; important themes, such as courtly love and chivalry; and major historical events, such as the Crusades. Each entry concludes with a brief biography. The volume closes with a list of the most valuable general works for further reading.
Robert T. Lambdin teaches English in the Transition Year Program at the University of South Carolina. He has several publications on Chaucer and is the co-editor with his wife, Laura Cooner Lambdin of Chaucer’s Pilgrims (Greenwood Press, 1996). His other interests include Aztec and Incan literature., Laura Cooner Lambdin is now an independent researcher and author following ten years of teaching literature and composition at the university level. She has published several articles and books concerning medieval and Victorian literary topics.
