This is a critical book to study in depth the transition from the 'medieval' to the 'Renaissance' periods in English literature. What exactly, in a literary con

Short narrative poems, religious and secular lyrics, and moral, political, and comic verses are all included in this comprehensive collection of works from the

Contains over 180 poems, songs, and carols of medieval England in Middle English with extensive linguistic and critical notes.

First full-length study of birds and their metamorphoses as treated in a wide range of medieval poetry, from the Anglo-Saxons to Chaucer and Gower.

A revisionary account of the 900-year-long history of a major poetic tradition, explored through metrics and literary history.