ThisVery Short Introductionprovides a compelling account of the emergence of the earliest literature in Britain and Ireland, including English, Welsh, Scottish, Irish, Anglo-Latin and Anglo-Norman. Introducing the reader to some of the greatest poetry, prose and drama ever written, Elaine Treharne discusses the historical and intellectual background to these works, and considers the physical production of the manuscripts and the earliest beginnings of print culture. Covering both well-known texts, such asBeowulf,The Canterbury Talesand theMabinogion, as well as texts that are much less familiar, such as sermons, saints' lives, lyrics and histories, Treharne discusses major themes such as sin and salvation, kingship and authority, myth and the monstrous, and provides a full, but brief, account of one of the major periods in literary history.
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1: Endings and Beginnings 2: Recording Culture, c. 450-1450 3: Textual Production and Reception 4: Literary Audiences, Literary Identities 5: Individual and Community 6: The Mighty and the Monstrous 7: Love and Longing 8: Death and Judgement 9: Patronage and Ownership 10: Coda: Reimagining the Medieval Timeline Terms and genres Further reading Index 1. Endings and Beginnings 2. Recording Culture, c. 450-1450 3. Textual Production and Reception 4. Literary Audiences, Literary Identities 5. Individual and Community 6. The Mighty and the Monstrous 7. Love and Longing 8. Death and Judgement 9. Patronage and Ownership 10. Coda: Rel#4
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