The Alliterative tradition in the fourteenth century / edited by Bernard S. Levy and Paul E. Szarmach
1981, First Edition. Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #447268
ISBN: 0873382552
Physical description; xiii, 213 pages ; 24 cm. Contents; The origins of the alliterative revival / Derek Pearsall -- The characterization of women in the alliterative tradition / Maureen Fries -- The pardon impugned by the priest / Ruth M. Ames -- The satiric strategy of Peres the ploughmans crede / David Lampe -- The centuple structure of the Pearl / John V. Fleming -- Figural typology in the Middle English Patience / John B. Friedman -- The structures of Clannesse / Earl G. Schreiber -- Willfulness and wonders: Boethian tragedy in the alliterative Morte Arthure / Russell A. Peck -- The awntyrs of Arthure / A.C. Spearing. Subjects; English poetry Middle English, 1100-1500 History and criticism. Alliteration.
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