The Poetic Field, I: Old and Middle English Language and Poetry.
- Author / Editor
- Dance, Richard.
The Poetic Field, I: Old and Middle English Language and Poetry.
- Published
- Helen Cooper and Robert R. Edwards, eds. Oxford History of Poetry in English. Volume 2, Medieval Poetry, 1100–1400 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023), pp. 71-87.
- Description
- Concentrates on the relationship between Old and Middle English poetic forms, especially during the transition from Old to Middle English, focusing on the "Soul's Address to the Body" and "The Ormulum" before concluding with a discussion of Chaucer's and the "Gawain"-poet's methods
- Alternative Title
- Oxford History of Poetry in English. Volume 2, Medieval Poetry, 1100–1400.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Background and General Criticism