Medieval Literature: A Very Short Introduction

by Elaine M. Treharne

Book Overview

This Very Short Introduction provides a compelling account of the emergence of the earliest literature in Britain and Ireland, including English, Welsh, Scottish, Irish, Anglo-Latin and Anglo-Norman. Introducing the reader to some of the greatest poetry, prose and drama ever written, Elaine Treharne discusses the historical and intellectual background to these works, and considers the physical production of the manuscripts and the earliest beginnings...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199668493
• ISBN13: 9780199668496
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.3" x 6.8"