This anthology presents new editions of five English dream vision poems from the fifteenth century, exploring issues of love, philosophy, governance, life at court, and some of the anxieties of writing in a newly-forged English tradition. The texts are fully glossed and annotated, with introductions discussing their contexts and critical history.
Abbreviations Editorial Policy Introduction THE TEXTS John Lydgate,The Temple of Glass James I of Scotland,The Kingis Quair Charles of Orleans,Love's Renewal The Assembly of Ladies John Skelton,The Bowge of Court Bibliography
Julia Boffey is Reader in Medieval Studies at Queen Mary, University of London. She is an established editor of medieval texts, and her publications include: Ed.Manuscripts of English Courtly Love Lyrics in the Later Middle Ages(D. S. Brewer 1985) Ed. with J. CowenChaucer and Fifteenth-Century Poetry(Kings College London 1991) Ed. with P. KingLondon and Europe in the Later Middle Ages(Westfield College London 1995) Ed. with J. ScatterfordTexts and Contexts: Essays from the Early Book Society(Four Courts Press 1997) Ed. with A. S. G. EdwardsThe Works of Geoffrey Chaucer and 'the Kingis Quair'(D. S. Bewer 1997)