Medieval Literature: A Basic Anthology
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Medieval Literature: A Basic Anthology

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ISBN-13:
9780486822655
Veröffentl:
2017
Einband:
EPUB
Seiten:
368
Autor:
Inc. Dover Publications
Serie:
Dover Thrift Editions: Literary Collections
eBook Typ:
EPUB
eBook Format:
Reflowable EPUB
Kopierschutz:
Adobe DRM [Hard-DRM]
Sprache:
Englisch
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Excerpts include stories fromCanterbury Tales and The Decameron as well as works by St. Augustine, Boethius, Marie de France, and others; plus selections from such anonymous works asBeowulf andEveryman.
These excerpts from works of philosophy and religion, history and drama, fiction, poetry, and other genres introduce the many facets of medieval literature. The anthology opens with chapters fromThe Confessions of St. Augustine, the first Western biography and a model for Christian writers throughout the Middle Ages. Book One of Boethius'sThe Consolation of Philosophy follows, along with selections from the Venerable Bede'sThe Ecclesiastical History of the English People and the Old English epic poemBeowulf.
Other selections includeThe Story of My Misfortunes by Peter Abélard;Medieval Lays and Legends of Marie de France; "The Lady of the Fountain" and "The Dream of Rhonabwy" from Lady Charlotte E. Guest'sThe Mabinogion; three stories from Boccaccio'sDecameron; "The Reeve's Tale," "The Cook's Tale," and "The Lawyer's Tale" from Chaucer'sCanterbury Tales; Book One of Thomas à Kempis'sThe Imitation of Christ; and the anonymous 15-century morality playEveryman.

1. The Confessions of St. Augustine (Books Three, Five, and Eight), by St. Augustine
2. The Consolation of Philosophy (Book I), by Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius
3. The Ecclesiastical History of the English People (Book III, Chapter VI; Book III, Chapter XV; Book IV, Chapter XXI), by the Venerable Bede
4. Beowulf
5. The Story of My Misfortunes, by Peter Abélard
6. Medieval Lays and Legends of Marie de France ("The Lay of Sir Launfal", "A Story of Beyond the Sea", "The Chatelaine of Vergi"), by Marie de France
7. The Mabinogion ("The Lady of the Fountain", "The Dream of Rhonabwy"), by Lady Charlotte E. Guest
8. The Decameron (Second Day, Story VIII; Fourth Day, Story I; Fifth Day, Story IX), by Giovanni Boccaccio
9. The Canterbury Tales ("The Reeve's Tale", "The Cook's Tale", "The Lawyer's Tale"), by Geoffrey Chaucer
10. The Imitation of Christ (Book One), by Thomas à Kempis
11. Everyman

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