The encyclopedia of Medieval literature in Britain

Author(s)

• Echard, Siân
• Rouse, Robert Allen
• Fay, Jacqueline A.
• Fulton, Helen
• Rector, Geoff

Bibliographic Information

The encyclopedia of Medieval literature in Britain

general editors, Siân Echard and Robert Rouse ; associate editors, Jacqueline A. Fay, Helen Fulton, and Geoff Rector

（The Wiley-Blackwell encyclopedia of literature）

Wiley Blackwell, 2017

• : cloth [set]
• v. 1
• v. 2
• v. 3
• v. 4

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents: v. 1. A-Cha -- v. 2. Cha-G -- v. 3. H-O -- v. 4. P-Z

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Bringing together scholarship on multilingual and intercultural medieval Britain like never before, The Encyclopedia of Medieval Literature in Britain comprises over 600 authoritative entries spanning key figures, contexts and influences in the literatures of Britain from the fifth to the sixteenth centuries. A uniquely multilingual and intercultural approach reflecting the latest scholarship, covering the entire medieval period and the full tapestry of literary languages comprises over 600 authoritative yet accessible entries on key figures, texts, critical debates, methodologies, cultural and isitroical contexts, and related terminology Represents all the literatures of the British Isles including Old and Middle English, Early Scots, Anglo-Norman, the Norse, Latin and French of Britain, and the Celtic Literatures of Wales, Ireland, Scotland and Cornwall Boasts an impressive chronological scope, covering the period from the Saxon invasions to the fifth century to the transition to the Early Modern Period in the sixteenth Covers the material remains of Medieval British literature, including manuscripts and early prints, literary sites and contexts of production, performance and reception as well as highlighting narrative transformations and intertextual links during the period

Table of Contents

Volume I Alphabetical List of Entries vii Thematic List of Entries xvii Associate Editors xxxi Contributors xxxiii Introduction lxxxvii Acknowledgments xciii Medieval Literature in Britain A-Cha 1 Volume II Medieval Literature in Britain Cha-G 407 Volume III Medieval Literature in Britain H-O 947 Volume IV Medieval Literature in Britain P-Z 1479 Index 1969

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Details

• NCID: BB24296784
• ISBN:
  • 9781118396988
• LCCN: 2017000485
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Hoboken
• Pages/Volumes: 4 v. (xcv, 2031 p.)
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PR260
  • DC23 : 820.9/001
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : English literature -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- History and criticism -- Encyclopedias
  • LCSH : Literature and history -- Great Britain -- History -- To 1500 -- Encyclopedias
  • LCSH : Civilization, Medieval -- Encyclopedias
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BB04131147