Medieval English Lyrics and Carols.

Author / Editor
Duncan, Thomas G., ed.

Title
Medieval English Lyrics and Carols.

Published
Cambridge: Brewer, 2013.

Physical Description
xiv, 466 pp.

Description
Offers a "comprehensive selection" of short poems and lyrical interpolations from the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries (Part I) and from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries (Part II), topically arranged, in normalized spelling, with sidebar glosses, notes, textual information, an extensive Introduction (pp. 1-51), a first-line index, and two appendices: "Music and Metre" and "Syllabic Analysis of Middle English Verse." Examples by Chaucer or attributed to him include Ros, Wom Nob, Wom Unc, Compl d'Am, MercB, Bal Compl, the birds' roundel from PF, the Canticus Troili, For, Truth, Gent, and Purse.

Chaucer Subjects
Lyrics and Short Poems