J. W. H. Atkins

English Literary Criticism (eBook, ePUB)

The Medieval Phase

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In England literary consciousness had its beginning in the middle ages, and this book, originally published in 1943, describes and illustrates the first phases of the growth of a tradition of criticism.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Mai 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000378795
• Artikelnr.: 61969351

Autorenporträt

J. W. H. Atkins was a Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge and Emeritus Professor of English Language and Literature, University of Aberystwyth

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. The Medieval Inheritance 3. Early Grammarians: Bede and
Alcuin 4. The Dawn of Humanism: John of Salisbury 5. Medieval Poetics:
Geoffrey of Vinsauf and John of Garland 6. Check and Counter-Check to
Literary Studies: John of Garland, Robert Grosseteste, Roger Bacon and
Richard of Bury 7. Native Literary Problems: The Owl and the Nightingale,
Wiclif, Chaucer 8. Native Literary Problems (continued): Caxton, Hawes,
Skelton 9. Conclusion Appendix: Summary of Medieval poetic (Geoffrey of
Vinsauf).