Medieval English Lyrics and Carols Contributor(s): Duncan, Thomas G. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1843843412 ISBN-13: 9781843843412 Publisher: Boydell & Brewer OUR PRICE: $37.95 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2013 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | Ancient, Classical & Medieval - Literary Criticism | Medieval - Literary Collections | Medieval |
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.50 lbs) 480 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Lyrics and carols are two of the most important types of medieval literature. This anthology provides a generous and wide-ranging selection, beginning with the first lyrics in English to celebrate love as romantic devotion to a woman, and including all pre-Chaucerian love lyrics (other than a few brief snatches). Poems by Chaucer and his successors present the courtly game of love in its sophisticated later medieval form, while devotional lyrics portray the tenderness of the later medieval response to Christ as lover and beloved and to the Virgin Mary with the infant Jesus, Mary as sorrowing mother and as Queen of Heaven. Fully represented also are lyrics on characteristically medieval moral and penitential themes, alongside miscellaneous lyrics such as drinking and dancing songs, ballads, satires, poems of wit, humour and sexual innuendo, accounts of lecherous priests, minstrels mocking their audiences, and women vividly listing their lovers' inadequacies. Thomas G. Duncan is an Honorary Senior Lecturer in the School of English at St Andrews University. |
Contributor Bio(s): Duncan, Thomas G.: - Professor THOMAS G. DUNCAN is Honorary Senior Lecturer, School of English, St Andrews |