Bringing Meir b. Elijah of Norwich into the Classroom: Discovering a Medieval Minority Poet.

Author / Editor
Krummel, Miriamne Ara.

Title
Bringing Meir b. Elijah of Norwich into the Classroom: Discovering a Medieval Minority Poet.

Published
Miriamne Ara Krummel and Tison Pugh, eds. Jews in Medieval England:Teaching Representations of the Other (Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017), pp. 279-94.

Description
Describes the incorporation of works by the English Jewish poet Meir b. Elijah of Norwich into a survey of early English literature, exploring difficulties and achievements. Includes brief comparison of Meir's use of personal acrostics in his poetry with Chaucer's use of an alphabetical acrostic to organize ABC.

Alternative Title
Jews in Medieval England: Teaching Representations of the Other.

Chaucer Subjects
ABC
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations