English poets and poetry from Cædmon to Caxton

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English poets and poetry from Cædmon to Caxton

(The story of poetry / Michael Schmidt, v. 1)

Weidenfeld & Nicolson, c2001

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Bibliography: p. [476]-481

Includes indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

In this wonderfully entertaining and instructive book Michael Schmidt gives us a history of English poetry from its beginnings to 1500. The book divides into two halves - the first is a history of the poets' lives, the times during which they were writing, and an account of their works; and the second is an anthology of poetry from the first English poem by Caedmon, which can be dated to about 657AD, to Langland, Gower, Chaucer, Lydgate, Dunbar, and Hawes. Schmidt shows how language and the poetic imagination are shaped by politics and history, and brilliantly describes the workings of Old and Middle English, using modernised texts to render it unintimidating to our modern ears. This is an invaluable book for all readers of poetry and students who will find no other competing volume available. This is the first book in a major four-volume project to provide the most comprehensive history of English poetry.

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  • NCID
    BA52810845
  • ISBN
    • 0297647032
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    London
  • Pages/Volumes
    viii, 496 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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