Troy Book PB

by John Lydgate

To introduce John Lydgate's landmark poem the Troy Book to students and non-specialist readers, the editor has selected the essential passages from the poem and bridges any gaps with textual summaries. Also included are an introduction, gloss, notes, and a glossary. John Lydgate, a monk of the great Benedictine abbey of Bury St. Edmunds in Suffolk, began composing the poem, an ambitious attempt at recounting the Trojan War in Middle English,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1879288990
• ISBN13: 9781879288997
• Release Date: March 1998
• Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications
• Length: 440 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.9" x 9.9"