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Anglo-Saxon (Beginnings through 1066)

  • A Cognitive Approach to John Donne?s Songs and Sonnetsby Michael A. Winkelman

    Palgrave Macmillan 2013; US$ 85.00

    Investigations into how the brain actually works have led to remarkable discoveries and these findings carry profound implications for interpreting literature. This study applies recent breakthroughs from neuroscience and evolutionary psychology in order to deepen our understanding of John Donne's Songs and Sonnets. more...

  • The Anglo Saxon Literature Handbookby Mark C. Amodio

    Wiley 2013; US$ 29.95

    The Anglo-Saxon Literature Handbook  presents an accessible introduction to the surviving works of prose and poetry produced in Anglo-Saxon England, from AD 410-1066. Makes Anglo-Saxon literature accessible to modern readers Helps readers to overcome the linguistic, aesthetic and cultural barriers to understanding and appreciating Anglo-Saxon... more...

  • Chaucer's Afterlifeby Kathleen Forni

    McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 2013; US$ 40.00

    This study explores Chaucer's present-day cultural reputation by way of popular culture. In just the past two decades his texts have been adapted to a wide variety of popular genres, including television, stage, comic book, hip-hop, science fiction, horror, romance, and crime fiction. This cultural recycling involves a variety of functions but... more...

  • Ancient Legends Retold: Tales of Robin Hood, The Five Early Balladsby Michael Dacre

    The History Press 2013; US$ 11.65

    Here are the five earliest ballads of 'Robyn Hode', retold in vivid modern prose. They still constitute the best version of the famous English outlaw - fast and violent, earthy and satirical, dangerous, sinister, mysterious and revolutionary. The king is always referred to as 'Edward our comely king', pointing to the reign of Edward I, when a Robert... more...

  • The Robin Hood Handbookby Mike Dixon-Kennedy

    The History Press 2013; US$ 21.86

    Robin Hood, whether riding through the glen, robbing the rich to pay the poor or giving the Sheriff of Nottingham his come-uppance, is one of the most captivating and controversial legendary figures. Was there a historical figure behind the legends? Did Robin and his Merry Men rampage through Sherwood Forest, or, as many scholars now believe, is it... more...

  • A History of Old English Literatureby Robert D. Fulk; Christopher M. Cain

    Wiley 2013; US$ 149.95

    This revised edition of A History of Old English Literature draws extensively on the latest scholarship to have evolved over the last decade. The text incorporates additional material throughout, including two new chapters on Anglo-Saxon manuscripts and incidental and marginal texts. This revised edition responds to the renewed historicism in... more...

  • A Brief History of Robin Hoodby Nigel Cawthorne

    Constable & Robinson 2013; US$ 13.11

    Who was Robin Hood? Throughout history the figures of the hooded man of Sherwood forest and his band of outlaws have transfixed readers and viewers; but where does the myth come from? The story appeared out of the legend of the Green man but found its location during the reign of Richard II, the Lionheart, who was away from England fighting in the... more...

  • Chaucer, Gower, Hoccleve and the Commercial Practices of Late Fourteenth-Century Londonby Craig E. Bertolet

    Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2013; US$ 99.95

    Examining archival documents and literary texts, this book focuses on the practices of buying and selling in medieval London by examining how commercial issues are reflected in Chaucer, Gower, and Hoccleve. Craig Bertolet reads specific Canterbury tales and pilgrims associated with trade alongside Gower's Mirour de L'Omme and Confessio Amantis,... more...

  • John Donneby A.J. Smith

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 51.95

    The Critical Heritage gathers together a large body of critical sources on major figures in literature. Each volume presents contemporary responses to a writer's work,enabling students and researchers to read for themselves, for example, comments on early performances of Shakespeare's plays, or reactions to the first publication of Jane Austen's novels.... more...

  • John Skeltonby Anthony Edwards

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 365.00

    The Critical Heritage gathers together a large body of critical sources on major figures in literature. Each volume presents contemporary responses to a writer's work, enabling student and researcher to read the material themselves. more...