The Complete Works (Middle English Texts Series (Mets))
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| Rating | : | 4.19 (945 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1580441394 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 302 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-03-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Superb" according to David Cope. This volume replaced a dogeared and marked up copy of Henryson's work in The Oxford Book of Late Medieval Verse & Prose. I've long wanted a copy of Henryson's work--especially his "Testament of Cresseid," an important poem in the matter associated with Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde, and one of the sources associated with Shakespeare's later work, Troilus and Cressida. I bought this volume as I was preparing to return to my alma mater, Western Michigan University, for their world-famous International Medieval Congress, and I was pleased to see that the university's Medieval Institute Publications continues to produce fine quality paperbac
In this new edition of the poems of Robert Henryson, David Parkinson offers editions of Henryson's Fables, The Testament of Cresseid, Orpheus and Eurydice and twelve shorter poems, grouped according to the strength of their attribution to Henryson, as well as the glosses and explanatory and textual notes characteristic of Middle English Texts Series volumes. Henryson was a prominent Scottish poet writing in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth century. This edition serves as an excellent addition to the Scots language and late medieval Scottish poetry.
David J. Parkinson is Professor of English at the University of Saskatchewan. . His research interestes include medieval Scottish literature, medieval comedy, and the linguistic history of Older Scots
His research interestes include medieval Scottish literature, medieval comedy, and the linguistic history of Older Scots. Parkinson is Professor of English at the University of Saskatchewan. . About the Author David J