The Oxford History of Poetry in English : Volume 3. Medieval Poetry: 1400-1500

著者名：Boffey, Julia (EDT)/Edwards, A. S. G. (EDT)

OUP Oxford（2023/04/12発売）

• 言語：ENG
• eISBN：9780198878513

Description

The Oxford History of Poetry in English is designed to offer a fresh, multi-voiced, and comprehensive analysis of 'poetry': from Anglo-Saxon culture through contemporary British, Irish, American, and Global culture, including English, Scottish, and Welsh poetry, Anglo-American colonial and post-colonial poetry, and poetry in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the Caribbean, India, Africa, Asia, and other international locales. The series both synthesizes existing scholarship and presents cutting-edge research, employing a global team of expert contributors for each of the fourteen volumes.This volume explores the developing range of English verse in the century after the death of Chaucer in 1400, years that saw both change and consolidation in traditions of poetic writing in English in the regions of Britain. Chaucer himself was an important shaping presence in the poetry of this period, providing a stimulus to imitation and to creative expansion of the modes he had favoured. In addition to assessing his role, this volume considers a range of literary factors significant to the poetry of the century, including verse forms, literary language, translation, and the idea of the author. It also signals features of the century's history that were important for the production of English verse: responses to wars at home and abroad, dynastic uncertainty, and movements towards religious reform, as well as technological innovations such as the introduction of printing, which brought influential changes to the transmission and reception of verse writing. The volume is shaped to include chapters on the contexts and forms of poetry in English, on the important genres of verse produced in the period, on some of the fifteenth-century's major writers (Lydgate, Hoccleve, Dunbar, and Henryson), and a consideration of the influence of the verse of this century on what was to follow.

Table of Contents

• 1: Julia Boffey and A. S. G. Edwards: Introduction
• Part I. Contexts
• 2: David Rundle: Contexts of English Poetry 1400-1500
• 3: James Simpson: Literary Traditions: Continuity and Change
• 4: Marco Nievergelt: Translation into English
• 5: Jenni Nuttall: Literary Language
• 6: Eric Weiskott: Verse Forms and Prosody
• 7: Robert Meyer-Lee: Authorship and the Production of Poetry
• Part II. Transmission
• 8: Julia Boffey and A. S. G. Edwards: Poetic Manuscripts
• 9: Siân Echard: Poetry in Print
• 10: Julia Boffey: Verse outside Books
• Part III. Topics and Genres
• 11: Takami Matsuda: Biblical Paraphrase and Poems of Religious Instruction
• 12: Cynthia Turner Camp: Saints' Lives and Miracles of the Virgin
• 13: Christiania Whitehead: Religious Lyrics and Carols
• 14: Tamara Atkin: The Poetry of Religious and Moral Drama
• 15: A. S. G. Edwards: Science and Information
• 16: Matthew Giancarlo: Conduct Poetry
• 17: Rory G. Critten: Love Visions and Love Poetry
• 18: Andrew Galloway: Chronicle and History
• 19: Venetia Bridges: Fictions of Antiquity
• 20: Aisling Byrne: Fictions of Britain
• 21: Phillipa Hardman: Fictions of Christendom and other late Romances
• 22: Ben Parsons: Popular Tales
• 23: Helen Phillips: Occasional Poetry, Popular Poetry, and the Robin Hood Tradition
• Part IV. Poets
• 24: Robert R. Edwards: John Lydgate
• 25: Sebastian Langdell: Thomas Hoccleve
• 26: Joanna Martin: Robert Henryson
• 27: Pamela King: William Dunbar
• 28: Jane Griffiths: Fifteenth-Century Transitions