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Old English Poetics
Boydell & Brewer 2006; US$ 90.00A new approach to the study of Old English Poetry, featuring close reading of the text, its form and style. more...
Guy of Warwick
Boydell & Brewer 2007; US$ 90.00The first interdisciplinary enquiry into a key figure in medieval and early modern culture. more...
Sir Bevis of Hampton in Literary Tradition
Boydell & Brewer 2008; US$ 90.00First comprehensive collection to be devoted to Sir Bevis , the most popular Middle English romance. more...
Between Two Windows
Carcanet Press Ltd. 2012; US$ 9.99The first book of poems by Oli Hazzard, this compilation exposes its author as a consummate master of language, a gifted writer of free verse with the ability to write in traditional poetic forms and stretch the forms to their limits. Through lyrical poems and satires, this collection explores contrasting milieus such as city and country and reality... more...
Ancient Legends Retold: Tales of Robin Hood, The Five Early Ballads
The History Press 2013; US$ 11.65Here 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...
A Brief History of Robin Hood
Constable & Robinson 2013; US$ 13.11Who 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...
Defending the Intellectual Life in Early Modern to Postmodern Times
The Edwin Mellen Press 2012; US$ 59.95The book analyzes various writings by poets and cultural critics on the topic of being an intellectual. Figures like Pope, Sidney, Milton, Eliot, and even contemporaries like Christopher Hitchens are covered. The first few deal with what poetry is, and the latter more up to date essays try to explain intellectual life in modern times. Present-day readers... more...
John Gower and the Limits of the Law
Boydell & Brewer 2013; US$ 99.00It has long been thought that John Gower was probably a lawyer before turning to poetry, and this study reveals his active engagement with contemporary legal debates, and aspects of criminal law. The author argues that the 'Confessio Amantis' in particular demonstrates Gower's uncertainty about how to reconcile the ideal of a just law with... more...
Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2000; US$ 5.99The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background. The latest generation of titles in this series also features glossaries and visual elements that complement the classic, familiar format. Join Chaucer's band of pilgrims on their journey in CliffsNotes on The... more...
Foucault and Literature
Taylor and Francis 2004; US$ 47.95Offering a critique of Foucault and the literary studies that have been influenced by him, Simon During takes in Foucault's studies of `transgressive' writing from Sade and Artaud to the French `new novelists' of the 1960s. more...









