An Anatomy of Literature

Author / Editor
Foulke, Robert, and Paul Smith, eds.

Title
An Anatomy of Literature

Published
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1972.

Physical Description
xxiv, 1125 pp.

Description
An anthology of English and American literature arranged by mode (Romance, Tragedy, Comedy, and Irony, with various sub-categories), designed as a textbook for college-level study. Each section is introduced by discussion of constituent features of the modes and sub-categories; accompanied by an Instructor's Manual. Selections from Chaucer in Middle English, with glosses: WBT (romance), PardPT (ironic tragedy), MilT (narrative comedy), and NPT (narrative comedy).

Contributor
Smith, Paul, ed.

Chaucer Subjects
Facsimiles, Editions, and Translations
Miller and His Tale
Wife of Bath and Her Tale
Pardoner and His Tale
Nun's Priest and His Tale