Fifty-five catalogued manuscripts include major religious works and medical writing - on uroscopy, surgery, bloodletting and pestilence.
Ambiguity, present in all aspects of the poem, is seen as central to Milton's authorial intentions.
Viking America examined through the writing and rewriting of the Vinland story from the middle ages to the twentieth century.
Wide-ranging survey of a neglected but significant early German version of the Lancelot legend.
New readings of Chaucer's dream visions, demonstrating his philosophical interests and learning.
A study of the structure of the Morte, focusing on Malory's adaptation, as both redactor and translator, of traditional Arthurian material.
Major themes explored are narratives of the disguised prince, and the reinvention of stories for different tastes and periods.
`The Index of Middle English Prose when completed will be a monumental achievement' REVIEW OF ENGLISH STUDIES
`The Index of Middle English Prose when completed will be a monumental achievement.' REVIEW OF ENGLISH STUDIES
Malory's world explored, from the battle of Towton to the "grete bokes" of chivalric material composd for aristocratic families.
MEDIUM AEVUM says of Heaven Singing, the general discussion of the subject from which the present volume follows on with examination of the individual plays: 'A formidable achievement, indispensable for any serious and comprehensive study of early English drama.'
Seminal essays on one of the most crucial issues in Arthurian studies.
Essays on English Renaissance culture make a major contribution to the debate on historical method.
Literary analysis of the meanings inherent in the costumes of Chaucer's secular pilgrims, and his methods of characterisation through costume.
Studies of the very earliest form of language which can be called English, and its later influence.
Essays lay the groundwork for a theory of humour in Old English literature.
Judgement Day II presented in its manuscript context, with discussion of function of penitential verse.
The second part of Medievalism and the Academy identifies the four specific questions that have come to focus recent scholarship in medievalism: What is difference? what is theory? woman? God?
Bilingual editions of the Scandinavian versions of the Tristan legend, themselves derived from Old French originals.
`The Index of Middle English Prose when completed will be a monumental achievement.' REVIEW OF ENGLISH STUDIES
New editor, new directions: the series broadens its scope to encompass European literatures other than French and English; still, however, "an indispensable component of any historical or Arthurian library". NOTES AND QUERIES
New approaches to women writers and attitudes to women in the Romantic period, principally focused on North America.
`[The series is an indispensable component of any historical or Arthurian library.' NOTES AND QUERIES
The expression of cultural differences in medieval courtly literature explored.
Studies of the influence of the middle ages on aspects of European and American life and culture from 16c to the present day.
Comparative studies of a number of mixed prose-and-verse literatures, from Europe to the Orient, from classical culture to the 19th century.
Twelve essays discuss how the middle ages are reflected in English culture from the sixteenth century to the present day.
Study exploring the treatment of the Arthurian legends by the French Romantic movement.
Close study of Chaucer's most important works shows how he used gender issues to extend the range of romance.
The imagery of marriage and the family in Piers Plowmanrelated to contemporary social history.
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