One Hundred Middle English Lyrics

ISBN: 0252063791

Author: Stevick, Robert D.

Condition: New

Stevick's classic work remains the only text of its kind aimed at fosteringthe linguistic competence necessary to understand its poems in MiddleEnglish. The wide range of lyric poems in the book are normalized to aChaucerian dialect. The introduction has been revised to take into accountthe scholarship and criticism published since the first edition appearedin 1964. It gives the background for the poetry, explains how and whythe texts are normalized, and reviews significant critical scholarly studiesof the works. Included is a section on morphology and grammar that introducesstudents to the language of the lyrics, and a section on the evolvingmeter of Middle English."A fine piece of work. . . . Learned, wide-ranging, and judicious."-- John B. Friedman, author of The Monstrous Races in MedievalArt and Thought"An impressive collection. Stevick's decision to normalize the textsmakes it highly accessible."-- Ralph Hanna III, University of California, Riverside