The Medieval British Literature Handbook (Literature and Culture Handbooks) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0826494099 ISBN 13: 9780826494092

Publisher: Continuum, 2009

Synopsis

Literature and Culture Handbooks are an innovative series of guides to major periods, topics and authors in British and American literature and culture. Designed to provide a comprehensive, one-stop resource for literature students, each handbook provides the essential information and guidance needed from the beginning of a course through to developing more advanced knowledge and skills. Written in clear language by leading academics, they provide an indispensable introduction to key topics, including:
• Introduction to authors, texts, historical and cultural contexts


• Guides to key critics, concepts and topics


• An overview of major critical approaches, changes in the canon and directions of current and future research


• Case studies in reading literary and critical texts


• Annotated bibliography (including websites), timeline, glossary of critical terms.

The Medieval British Literature Handbook is an accessible and comprehensive introduction to literature and culture in the Middle Ages, focusing particularly on Middle English and the period from 1300-1500.

About this title

About the Author

Daniel T. Kline is Professor of English and Director of the Department of English at the University of Alaska Anchorage, USA. He edited Medieval Children's Literature (Routledge, 2003), The Continuum Handbook of Medieval British Literature (Continuum, 2009), and Digital Gaming Re-Imagines the Middle Ages (Routledge, 2014), and co-edited, with Gail Ashton, Medieval Afterlives in Popular Culture (Palgrave, 2012).

Edition details

• Publisher: Continuum
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0826494099
• ISBN 13: 9780826494092
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 328
• Editor: Kline Daniel T.