London Literature, 1300-1380
- Author / Editor
- Hanna, Ralph.
London Literature, 1300-1380
- Published
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
- Physical Description
- xxi, 359 pp.
- Series
- Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature, no. 57.
- Description
- Analyzes the cultural conditions of literary production and the books produced in England, 1300-1380, focusing on English vernacular works but also attending to Latin and French ones, seeking to understand the textual communities defined by such texts. Hanna considers linguistic features (the transition from Type II to Type III English, Anglo-Norman, etc.), as well as literary genres such as romance, biblical commentary, history, and legal discourse, with extended attention to the Auchinleck Manuscript, Laud miscellaneous 622, Pepys 2498, the Chandos Herald, and Langland's "Piers Plowman." Comments on ways that Chaucer helped to displace earlier traditions, with attention to Th, the GP description of the Parson, and Chaucer's status as a court poet.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Manuscripts and Textual Studies.
- Language and Word Studies.
- Tale of Sir Thopas.
- Parson and His Tale.
- Chaucer's Life.