Guide to English Literature from Beowulf through Chaucer and Medieval Drama. With Bibliographies Provided by Stanley B. Greenfield.
- Author / Editor
- Zesmer, David M.
Guide to English Literature from Beowulf through Chaucer and Medieval Drama. With Bibliographies Provided by Stanley B. Greenfield.
- Published
- New York: Barnes & Noble, 1961.
- Physical Description
- xi, 397; illus.
- Description
- Surveys English literature and critical responses to this literature; designed for classroom use. Summarizes historical backgrounds and provides annotated bibliographies, linked with the discussions of individual works, authors, and topics, including Chaucer (pp. 190-259) and, more briefly, the "Fifteenth-century Chaucerians" (pp. 260-66; Lydgate, Hoccleve, "The Kingis Quair," Henryson, and Dunbar). The Chaucer section describes Chaucer's Life, the "minor works," TC, and each of the CT. The volume includes maps, illustrations, and a comprehensive index.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Bibliographies, Research, and Reports
Background and General Criticism
Chaucer's Life
Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion