Middle English Romances
A Norton Critical Edition
2nd Edition
Published on 25. October 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
864 pages
978-0-393-93416-8 (ISBN)
Description
This Norton Critical Edition includes:
The texts of eleven complete, authoritative romances-four new to the Second Edition: Havelok, Ywain and Gawain, Of Kyng Robert of Cisyle, Hou Pride dude Him Begyle, Sir Orfeo, Sir Launfal, Athelston, The Awntyrs off Arthure at the Terne Wathelyne, The Weddyng of Syr Gawen and Dame Ragnell for Helpyng of Kyng Arthoure, The Grene Knight, The Sege off Melayne, and The Taill of Rauf Coilyear, How He Harbreit King Charlis.
A thorough introduction accompanied by updated and expanded explanatory footnotes by Stephen H. A. Shepherd.
In "Sources and Backgrounds," detailed contextualizing headnotes and comparative analogues (many complete) for each of the eleven romances.
In "Criticism," eight essays-four new to the Second Edition-that help students analyze the themes of Middle English romances.
An updated selected bibliography
"This welcome Second Edition of Stephen Shepherd's collection of Middle English romances offers an authoritative entry into the richly varied world of medieval narrative. The expanded selection, which now also includes Older Scots, invites readers to make any number of connections between these important works and a range of fascinating contextual material that includes chronicles; Continental romances; biblical tales; and other central Middle English poems, such as Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. The thematic groupings present a provocative stimulus to comparative reading, while the new critical pieces on madness, magic, history, and representations of Islam offer a thoughtful selection of fresh approaches to the texts. Professor Shepherd is to be thanked for providing a wonderful resource for students and teachers alike." -Sarah Wood, University of Warwick
The texts of eleven complete, authoritative romances-four new to the Second Edition: Havelok, Ywain and Gawain, Of Kyng Robert of Cisyle, Hou Pride dude Him Begyle, Sir Orfeo, Sir Launfal, Athelston, The Awntyrs off Arthure at the Terne Wathelyne, The Weddyng of Syr Gawen and Dame Ragnell for Helpyng of Kyng Arthoure, The Grene Knight, The Sege off Melayne, and The Taill of Rauf Coilyear, How He Harbreit King Charlis.
A thorough introduction accompanied by updated and expanded explanatory footnotes by Stephen H. A. Shepherd.
In "Sources and Backgrounds," detailed contextualizing headnotes and comparative analogues (many complete) for each of the eleven romances.
In "Criticism," eight essays-four new to the Second Edition-that help students analyze the themes of Middle English romances.
An updated selected bibliography
"This welcome Second Edition of Stephen Shepherd's collection of Middle English romances offers an authoritative entry into the richly varied world of medieval narrative. The expanded selection, which now also includes Older Scots, invites readers to make any number of connections between these important works and a range of fascinating contextual material that includes chronicles; Continental romances; biblical tales; and other central Middle English poems, such as Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. The thematic groupings present a provocative stimulus to comparative reading, while the new critical pieces on madness, magic, history, and representations of Islam offer a thoughtful selection of fresh approaches to the texts. Professor Shepherd is to be thanked for providing a wonderful resource for students and teachers alike." -Sarah Wood, University of Warwick
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Series
Edition
Second Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 212 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 49 mm
Weight
1058 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-393-93416-8 (9780393934168)
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Previous edition
Stephen H. A. Shepherd
Middle English Romances
Book
02/1995
WW Norton & Co
€41.07
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Person
Stephen H. A. Shepherd is a professor of English at Loyola Marymount University. He received his bachelor's and master's degrees from Queen's University at Kingston and his doctorate from the University of Oxford. His honors include fellowships from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the Bibliographical Society of America, and the Huntington Library. He is the editor of the Early English Text Society edition of Turpines Story and of the Norton Critical Edition of Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte Darthur, and he is a coeditor of the Norton Critical Edition of William Langland's Piers Plowman. The primary focus of his research and publication is the critical, codicological, and historical contexts of medieval English literature.