Middle English Literature : A Critical Study of the Romances, the Religious Lyrics, Piers Plowman by Kane, George - 1951

Barnes & Noble, Incorporated. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Barnes & Noble, Incorporated. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

London: Methuen & Co. Ltd.. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Cover edges worn with bumped corners and curled spine ends. Former owner's info on endpages. Text is otherwise clean and tightly bound. Jacket shows average wear at edges with a scratch to the front cover just above the title. Review clipping for this title from the Times Literary Supplement folded and laid in. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 252 pages .

London: Methuen & Co Ltd, 1951. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked very faintly sunned boards, slightly dusty page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with slight sunning to spine. 252pp. Detailed critical study of the Middle English Metrical Romances, Religious Lyrics and the vision of Piers Plowman.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good (+)/Near Fine. 7.5 x 5 inches.

New. Originally published in 1951 Middle English Literature applies methods of literary evaluation to certain Middle English works. Arguing that previous literary criticism has largely focused on the commentary of their historical, social, philological and religious content, the book suggests that it has led to a thinking that Middle English literature is without artistic value and therefore cannot be compared effectively with later works of the fourteenth and fifteenth century. While traditional analysis has been beneficial to scientific and historical findings, this text seeks to look deeper into the artistic merits of the works and the authors that wrote them, arguing that the authors of these Middle English texts, wrote with the same motivations and experiences of these later authors which in turn informed the artistic basis of these Middle English works. The book looks at Middle English texts through three main areas: the Metrical Romances, the Religious Lyrics and Piers Plowman.

Routledge, 2020. Paperback. New. 272 pages. 7.32x4.84x0.67 inches.

Paperback / softback. New.

Greenwood Press, 1979. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,550grams, ISBN:0313219923

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Hardback. New. Originally published in 1951 Middle English Literature applies methods of literary evaluation to certain Middle English works. Arguing that previous literary criticism has largely focused on the commentary of their historical, social, philological and religious content, the book suggests that it has led to a thinking that Middle English literature is without artistic value and therefore cannot be compared effectively with later works of the fourteenth and fifteenth century. While traditional analysis has been beneficial to scientific and historical findings, this text seeks to look deeper into the artistic merits of the works and the authors that wrote them, arguing that the authors of these Middle English texts, wrote with the same motivations and experiences of these later authors which in turn informed the artistic basis of these Middle English works. The book looks at Middle English texts through three main areas: the Metrical Romances, the Religious Lyrics and Piers Plowman.