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"Medieval English Literature" by W. P. Ker. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks...
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Features:
• Wide chronological coverage of English literature, especially texts found in the Norton, Oxford, Blackwell and other standard anthologies
• Short, punchy essays that engage with the texts, the critics, and literary and social issues
• Background and survey articles
• Glossaries of Bible themes, images and narratives
• Annotated bibliography and questions for class discussion or personal reflection
• Scholarly yet accessible,...
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Joshua Scodel is Professor of English, Comparative Literature, and the Humanities at the University of Chicago. He is the author of The English Poetic Epitaph: Commemoration and Conflict from Jonson to Wordsworth and has published numerous articles on various aspects of Renaissance literature.
This book examines how English writers from the Elizabethan period to the Restoration transformed and contested the ancient ideal of the virtuous mean. As...