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An introduction to Medieval English literature :

"This book provides an informative, critical and concise introduction to the literature of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, contextualising the literature and introducing the pre-eminent authors of the period. "--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Baldwin, Anna P.
Format: Printed Book
Published: UK: Palgrave; 2016.
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Table of Contents:
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  • Introduction
  • 1. The Poor Commons: literature and social change
  • 2. The Poor Commons: education and dissent
  • 3. The Urban Middle Class: Satire, Debate and Political Advice
  • 4. The Urban Middle Class: Tales of Women and Marriage
  • 5. The community of the Church: religious lyrics and the English mystics
  • 6. Religious and Moral Stories
  • 7. Aristocratic Love
  • 8. Chivalric Romances
  • Further Reading.