by Michael Alexander (Editor), Felicity Riddy (Editor)
Each volume in the "Macmillan Anthologies of English Literature" series includes a representative and wide-ranging selection of drama, poetry and prose extracted from the literature of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales. The items are arranged chronologically and supported by full notes and biographical details of the authors. A wide range of the works of Middle English authors, including some new verse translations from the Old English, are contained in this volume. A substantial selection from such writers as Chaucer and Malory is accompanied by elegies, heroic poems, riddles and various extracts from prose.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 618
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 29 Aug 1989
ISBN 10: 0333392647
ISBN 13: 9780333392645