Product Description
The first ( standalone) book in the The Pelican Guide to English Literature, ( and literature in English ) under the general editor Boris Ford. Essays on each period, further reading, individual essays on authors by noted critics.
(1) The Age of Chaucer - From the earliest Middle English poetry and prose to Spenser , originally published 1954, here in the revised edition, 1959. Includes general surveys of the literature of the period, one on poetry and one on prose, the social context of the literature of the period, and a series of detailed essays.
This also includes a section of original period poetry : including poems by Langland, Gawain and the Green Knight ( the complete text) , and religious plays.