Medieval into Renaissance: Essays for Helen Cooper - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 184384432X ISBN 13: 9781843844327

Publisher: D.S.Brewer, 2016

Synopsis

Essays on topics of literary interest crossing the boundaries between the medieval and early modern period.

The borderline between the periods commonly termed "medieval" and "Renaissance", or "medieval" and "early modern", is one of the most hotly, energetically and productively contested faultlines in literary history studies. The essays presented in this volume both build upon and respond to the work of Professor Helen Cooper, a scholar who has long been committed to exploring the complex connections and interactions between medieval and Renaissance literature. The contributors re-examine a range of ideas, authors and genres addressed in her work, including pastoral, chivalric romance, early English drama, and the writings of Chaucer, Langland, Spenser and Shakespeare. As a whole, thevolume aims to stimulate active debates on the ways in which Renaissance writers used, adapted, and remembered aspects of the medieval.

Andrew King is Lecturer in Medieval and Renaissance Literature at University College, Cork; Matthew Woodcock is Senior Lecturer in Medieval and Renaissance Literature at the University of East Anglia.

Contributors: Joyce Boro, Aisling Byrne, Nandini Das, Mary C. Flannery, Alexandra Gillespie, AndrewKing, Megan G. Leitch, R.W. Maslen, Jason Powell, Helen Vincent, James Wade, Matthew Woodcock

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About the Author

MEGAN G. LEITCH is the Professor and Chair of Medieval English Literature and Culture at the University of Groningen.

Edition details

• Publisher: D.S.Brewer
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 184384432X
• ISBN 13: 9781843844327
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 296
• Editor: King Andrew, Woodcock Matthew