Bestsellers and masterpieces

Bestsellers and masterpieces
Author: Heather Blurton
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Total Pages: 172
Release: 2022-08-16
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1526147475

Bestsellers and masterpieces: The changing medieval canon addresses the strange fact that, in both European and Middle Eastern medieval studies, those texts that we now study and teach as the most canonical representations of their era were in fact not popular or even widely read in their day. On the other hand, those texts that were popular, as evidenced by the extant manuscript record, are taught and studied with far less frequency. The book provides cross-cultural insight into both the literary tastes of the medieval period and the literary and political forces behind the creation of the ‘modern canon’ of medieval literature.

The Ormulum

The Ormulum
Author: Robert Meadows White
Publisher:
Total Pages: 514
Release: 1878
Genre: Bible
ISBN:

From Philology to English Studies

From Philology to English Studies
Author: H. Momma
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2013
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0521518865

An exploration of how philology contributed to the study of English language and literature in the nineteenth century.