Medieval Literature: A Basic Anthology (eBook)

Inc. Dover Publications (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
368 Seiten
Dover Publications (Verlag)
978-0-486-82265-5 (ISBN)

Infos

Excerpts include stories from Canterbury Tales and The Decameron as well as works by St. Augustine, Boethius, Marie de France, and others; plus selections from such anonymous works as Beowulf and Everyman.

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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 from The Confessions of St. Augustine, the first Western biography and a model for Christian writers throughout the Middle Ages. Book One of Boethius's The Consolation of Philosophy follows, along with selections from the Venerable Bede's The Ecclesiastical History of the English People and the Old English epic poem Beowulf.Other selections include The Story of My Misfortunes by Peter Abélard; Medieval Lays and Legends of Marie de France; "e;The Lady of the Fountain"e; and "e;The Dream of Rhonabwy"e; from Lady Charlotte E. Guest's The Mabinogion; three stories from Boccaccio's Decameron; "e;The Reeve's Tale,"e; "e;The Cook's Tale,"e; and "e;The Lawyer's Tale"e; from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales; Book One of Thomas à Kempis's The Imitation of Christ; and the anonymous 15-century morality play Everyman.

Inhalt

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. Beowulf5. The Story of My Misfortunes, by Peter Abélard6. 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

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 22.5.2017
• Reihe/Serie: Dover Thrift Editions
• Reihe/Serie: Dover Thrift Editions: Literary Collections
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 130 x 130 mm
• Gewicht: 284 g
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Anthologien
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
• Schlagworte: Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius • A Story of Beyond the Sea • Beauty • Beowulf • Boccaccio • Boethius • Chaucer • Complex • engaging • European classics • everyman • Fiction • Fifth Day, Story IX • Fourth Day, Story I • Geoffrey Chaucer • Giovanni Boccaccio • good vs evil, The Confessions of St. Augustine • lady charlotte e guest • Lady Charlotte E. Guest • Love • Marie de France • Medieval • medieval fiction • medieval history and drama • Medieval Lays and Legends of Marie de France • Medieval Literature • medieval philosophy and religion • Medieval Poetry • Murder • Nobility • Peter Abelard • Peter Abélard • royalty • Second Day, Story VIII • St. Augustine • The Canterbury tales • The Chatelaine of Vergi • the confessions of st augustine • The Consolation of Philosophy • The Cook's Tale • The Decameron • The Dream of Rhonabwy • The Ecclesiastical History of the English People • The Imitation of Christ • The Lady of the Fountain • The Lawyer's Tale • The Lay of Sir Launfal • The Mabinogion • The Reeve's Tale • The Story of My Misfortunes • Thomas a Kempis • Thomas à Kempis • Venerable Bede • Violence • writers from the middle ages
• ISBN-10: 0-486-82265-6 / 0486822656
• ISBN-13: 978-0-486-82265-5 / 9780486822655