English alliterative verse: poetic tradition and literary history
Auteur :
Weiskott, Eric
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781107169654
Date de publication :
27 oct. 2016
Dimensions :
23,5 x 16,0 x 1,8 cm
Poids :
480 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This revisionary account of the 900-year-long history of a major poetic tradition sheds new light on poems from Beowulf to Piers Plowman and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, and challenges the idea that the alliterative tradition falls into two halves divided by the Norman Conquest.