Medieval English Lyrics, 1200-1400
- Author / Editor
- Duncan, Thomas G., ed.
Medieval English Lyrics, 1200-1400
- Published
- London: Penguin, 1995.
- Physical Description
- xlviii, 266 pp.
- Description
- Having normalized the language "in accordance with the grammar and spelling of late fourteenth-century London English," Duncan divides this "comprehensive selection" of lyrics into four thematic groups, three of which include lyrics attributed to Chaucer.
- Part 1 (Love Lyrics) includes "Now Welcome, Somer," Ros, Wom Nob, Wom Unc, the "Canticus Troili," Compl d'Am, MercB, and BalCompl. Part 2 (Penitential and Moral Lyrics) includes For, Truth, and Gent. Part 4 (Miscellaneous Lyrics) includes Purse.
- An extensive commentary provides textual, contextual, and linguistic information, and appendices treat music, meter, and a "Syllabic Analysis of Middle English Verse."
- Chaucer Subjects
- Lyrics and Short Poems.