MEDIEVAL LITERATURE

This Very Short Introduction provides a compelling account of the emergence of the earliest literature in Britain and Ireland, inclu ding English, Welsh, Scottish, Irish, Anglo-Latin and Anglo-Norman. Introducing the reader to some of the greatest poetry, prose and drama ever written, Elaine Treharne discusses the historical and intellectual background to these works, and considers the physical production of the manuscripts and the earliest beginnings of print culture. Covering both well-known texts, such as Beowulf, The Ca nterbury...[Read more]