{"product_id":"chaucer-to-spenser-anthology-paperback","title":"Chaucer to Spenser Anthology - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDerek Pearsall\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this key anthology Derek Pearsall offers a radically new approach to those teaching and studying English writing from Geoffrey Chaucer to the early work of Edmund Spenser.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this key anthology Derek Pearsall offers a radically new approach to those teaching and studying English writing from Geoffrey Chaucer to the early work of Edmund Spenser. Ignoring the traditional barrier between medieval, or Middle English, and Tudor, Elizabethan or early modern writing, he sets out to emphasize continuities and so counter the distorting view that English literature begins with Thomas Wyatt and the Earl of Surrey.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExtensive coverage is given to key figures such as Chaucer and Langland, but this is not an anthology of English literature, but of writing. All forms of discursive writing - literary, political, legal, personal, polemic, spiritual, practical - are represented in an attempt to demonstrate the close mesh between writing, of all kinds, and the political, social and cultural practice of the time. The assumption of the collection is that written texts, though they may be analyzed from many points of view, including some that are legitimately ahistorical, are never better understood than when studied in their historical context.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAll texts are newly edited from the best sources and presented in their original spelling (apart from the substitution of obsolete letter-forms). On-the-page glossaries throughout give help with harder words. Headnotes and explanatory notes are provided for each text.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this key anthology Derek Pearsall offers a radically new approach to those teaching and studying English writing from Geoffrey Chaucer to the early work of Edmund Spenser. Ignoring the traditional barrier between medieval, or Middle English, and Tudor, Elizabethan or \"early modern\" writing, he sets out to emphasize continuities and so counter the distorting view that \"English literature\" begins with Thomas Wyatt and the Earl of Surrey.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExtensive coverage is given to key figures such as Chaucer and Langland, but this is not an anthology of English literature, but of writing. All forms of discursive writing - literary, political, legal, personal, polemic, spiritual, practical - are represented in an attempt to demonstrate the close mesh between writing, of all kinds, and the political, social and cultural practice of the time. The assumption of the collection is that written texts, though they may be analyzed from many points of view, including some that are legitimately ahistorical, are never better understood than when studied in their historical context.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAll texts are newly edited from the best sources and presented in their original spelling (apart from the substitution of obsolete letter-forms). On-the-page glossaries throughout give help with harder words. Headnotes and explanatory notes are provided for each text.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDerek Pearsall\u003c\/b\u003e is the Gurney Professor of English at Harvard University and was Professor and Co-Director of the Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of York, 1965-85. His numerous publications include \u003ci\u003eJohn Lydgate\u003c\/i\u003e (1970), \u003ci\u003eOld English and Middle English Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e (1977), \u003ci\u003eThe Canterbury Tales: A Critical Study\u003c\/i\u003e (1985), \u003ci\u003eAn Annotated Critical Bibliography of Langland\u003c\/i\u003e (1990) and \u003ci\u003eThe Life of Geoffrey Chaucer\u003c\/i\u003e (1992).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 720\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.54 x 9.64 x 6.73 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 04, 1998\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52520588411187,"sku":"9780631198390","price":152.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/WnBUeWVuNjVRS0dNWjVEZnpva2ZFUT09.webp?v=1760525595","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/chaucer-to-spenser-anthology-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}