The grounds of English literature
Christopher Cannon.
Bok Engelsk 2004 Christopher. Cannon,· Electronic books.
| Utgitt | Oxford ; New York : : Oxford University Press, , 2004.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (250 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Contents; List of Illustrations; Abbreviations; A Note on Translations; Introduction; 1. The Loss of Literature: 1066; 2. The Law of the Land: Lazamon's Brut; 3. Right Writing: The Ormulum; 4. The Meaning of Life: The Owl and the Nightingale; 5. The Place of the Self: Ancrene Wisse and the Katherine-group; 6. The Spirit of Romance: King Horn, Havelok the Dane, and Floris and Blancheflour; Works Cited; Index. - The centuries just after the Norman Conquest are the forgotten period of English Literary History. Yet the years 1066-1300 witnessed an unparalleled ingenuity in the creation of written forms. Using an innovative theory of literary form applied to a series of detailed readings of the more important early Middle English works, Cannon shows how the many and varied texts of the period laid the foundations for the project of English Literature. - ;The centuries just after the Norman Conquest are the forgotten period of English literary history. In fact, the years 1066-1300 witnessed an unparallele
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| ISBN | 0199270821
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