English Literature in the Age of Chaucer

Author / Editor
Mehl, Dieter.

Title
English Literature in the Age of Chaucer

Published
Harlow, England ;
New York : Longman, 2001.

Physical Description
xii, 252 pp.

Series
Longman Literature in English Series.

Description
Surveys fourteenth- and fifteenth-century English and Middle Scots literature (excluding drama), with individual chapters dedicated to Chaucer, Gower, Langland, the Gawain poet, Lydgate and Hoccleve, the lyric, Middle Scots (James I, Robert Holland, Henryson, Dunbar, and Douglas), and Middle English prose (Mandeville's Travels, mystics, Margery Kempe, and Malory). Includes a timeline, bibliographies for each section, and a subject index. The treatment of Chaucer (pp. 8-59) emphasizes his adaptability and the open-ended vitality of his poetry.

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism.