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1	Book of Margery Kempe more books like this by Margery Kempe add to wishlist In 1934, Margery Kempe's amazing book was discovered 400 years after it was written. Dame Margery's is the first known autobiography in English, and details the spiritual awakening of a highly unusual medieval woman: wife, mother of 14, world traveler, and mystic. see all copies from £3.95! new only from £8.12! \| first editions
2	Inventing English: A Portable History of the Language more books like this by Professor Seth Lerer add to wishlist Why is there such a striking difference between English spelling and English pronunciation? How did our relatively simple grammar rules develop? What are the origins of regional dialect, literary language, and everyday speech, and what do they have to do with you? Based on the enormous success of his video and lecture series and the widespread ... see all copies from £10.19! new only from £12.66! \| first editions
3	Sir Gawain and the Green Knight / Patience / Pearl: Verse Translations more books like this by Prof. Marie Borroff (Translator) add to wishlist In this text, Marie Borroff's translations of "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" and "Pearl" are collected together with a new verse translation of "Patience", bringing together three of the four works by the anonymous "Pearl-Poet." A retelling of the biblical story of Jonah and the whale, "Patience" turns the Book of Jonah into a human comedy, ... see all copies from £4.84! new only from £10.45!
4	Malory: The Knight Who Became King Arthur's Chronicler more books like this by Christina Hardyment add to wishlist Sir Thomas Malory's "Morte Darthur" (1469) is one of the most renown books in the world. Virtually all modern versions of the Arthurian legends are derived from its energetic, memorably phrased and remarkably individual telling of the stirring exploits of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table. Yet the identity of the fifteenth-century ... see all copies from £4.95! new only from £5.57! \| first editions
5	Chaucer Glossary more books like this by Norman Davis, Patricia Ingham, Douglas Gray add to wishlist This Glossary, designed as a practical aid to the reading of Chaucer, is intended to be serviceable with any of the widely read editions. Its primary aim is to explain the meanings of words and phrases used by Chaucer in ways which are unfamiliar in modern English. Words used as they are today are not included, but many now in common use do appear ... see all copies from £9.26! new only from £27.65!
6	The Oxford Anthology of English Literature: Volume 1: Medieval English Literature more books like this by J B Trapp (Editor), Douglas Gray, Julia Boffey (Editor) add to wishlist This succinct and authoritative anthology of medieval English literature is the first volume of The Oxford Anthology of English Literature, Second Edition. Emphasizing texts that give students first-hand access to significant aspects of the Middle Ages, this collection reveals the vast riches of medieval literature in English, from Anglo-Saxon ... see all copies from £13.61! new only from £34.32!
7	A Book of Middle English more books like this by J A Burrow add to wishlist This book is an introduction to the wide range of literature written in England between 1150 and 1400. The first part describes the language of the time to enable the reader to achieve a proper understanding of the literature introduced in the second part. The authors describe the language as it was used in different parts of the country, giving ... see all copies from £1.81! new only from £7.43!
8	Middle English Literature more books like this by Charles W Dunn add to wishlist This classic anthology provides readers with important literary works composed during the Middle English period (1100-1500) in England, Scotland, and Ireland. see all copies from £8.10! new only from £8.16! \| first editions
9	Sir Gawain and the Green Knight more books like this by J R R Tolkien add to wishlist This is Tolkien's highly accessible translation of three early English poems, accompanied by an informative and scholarly introduction. see all copies from £1.73! new only from £4.25! \| first editions
10	Piers Plowman more books like this by William Langland add to wishlist The earliest manuscript copy of this alliterative, allegorical poem dates from 1362. In subsequent years, various differing editions appeared, though each was probably drawn from one of the three permutations of the text known as Versions A, B, and C. This critical edition of the poem presents all three Versions with helpful notes. The poem ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £3.85! \| first editions
11 view cover	The Life of Geoffrey Chaucer: A Critical Biography more books like this by Derek Pearsall add to wishlist This important new critical biography traces in carefully considered detail what is known of Geoffrey Chaucer's personal life while exploring the fascinating relationship between the man of affairs, who made so many `improvisations and accommodations' to ensure his own survival, and the poet. He lived during that exciting and turbulent period in ... see all copies from £10.37! new only from £25.97! \| first editions
12 view cover	Sir Gawain and the Green Knight more books like this by Jessie Laidlay Weston add to wishlist This prose rendering of a poem from the late 14th century (or earlier) recounts an adventure undertaken by King Arthur's famous nephew, Sir Gawain. Brave and chivalrous, faithful to his word and ever-mindful of his honor, as well as others', Gawain represents the model of knightly grace. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £1.24! \| first editions
13 view cover	Chaucer and His World more books like this by Derek S Brewer add to wishlist 'This masterly book presents, with a wealth of detail, a panorama of the sixty years of Chaucer's life from 1340-1400 -the transition from the medieval to the modern world which is so vividly reflected in Chaucer's poetry.' Professor Ralph Elliott. Chaucer's English world - that of the second half of the 14th century -is rich in interest of every ... see all copies from £5.34! new only from £15.77! \| first editions
14 view cover	A handbook of Middle English more books like this by Fernand Mossé add to wishlist Professor Fernand Mosse of the Coll?ge de France is at home in all the Germanic languages and literatures, but for many years he has paid particular attention to English. Since he is a medievalist he has interested himself first and foremost in the earlier periods, and since he is a teacher as well as investigator he has been long concerned to ... see all copies from £5.77! new only from £20.58! \| first editions
15 view cover	Middle English Romances more books like this by Stephen S H Shepherd, Stephen Sheperd, Stephen A Shepherd (Editor) add to wishlist This Norton Critical Edition brings together representative examples of one of the most important bodies of English poetry written before the Renaissance. These seven romances have been chosen not only for their literary importance but also for the light they shed on other important Middle English texts. They are complete, glossed and annotated. A ... see all copies from £7.12! new only from £8.26! \| first editions
16 view cover	Memoirs of a Medieval Woman more books like this by Louise Collis add to wishlist This unique biography tells the story of an extraordinary fifteenth-century woman who journeyed all over Europe from England to the Holy Land. A vigorous and passionate woman, Margery Kempe was married and had fourteen children when she deserted her family to make a pilgrimage to Jerusalem to expiate a 'secret sin' in her early life. Along the way ... see all copies from £4.95! new only from £5.57! \| first editions
17 view cover	Fourteenth century verse & prose more books like this by Kenneth Sisam (Editor) add to wishlist With a Middle English vocabulary by: Tolkien, J. R. R.; see all copies from £1.24! new only from £21.98! \| first editions
18 view cover	Geoffrey Chaucer: The Wife of Bath more books like this by Geoffrey Chaucer, Steven Croft (Editor) add to wishlist Each book in this established series contains the full and complete text, and is designed to motivate and encourage students who may be writing on these challenging writers for the first time. It contains useful notes to add depth and knowledge to students' understanding, comments to explain literacy and historical allusions, tasks to help ... see all copies from £6.02! new only from £6.02!
19	Allegory and mirror: tradition and structure in Middle English literature more books like this by James I. Wimsatt add to wishlist see all copies from £4.95!
20 view cover	Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl and Sir Orfeo more books like this by J R R Tolkien add to wishlist Three epic poems from 14th century England speak of life during the age of chivalry. Translated from medieval English. see all copies from £5.57! first editions
21 view cover	Between Medieval Men: Male Friendship and Desire in Early Medieval English Literature more books like this by David Clark add to wishlist Between Medieval Men argues for the importance of synoptically examining the whole range of same-sex relations in the Anglo-Saxon period, revisiting well-known texts and issues (as well as material often considered marginal) from a radically different perspective. The introductory chapters first lay out the premises underlying the book and its ... see all copies from £50.78! new only from £50.78!
22 view cover	Reading Dido: Gender, Textuality, and the Medieval Aeneid more books like this by Marilyn Desmond add to wishlist see all copies from £7.74! new only from £7.74!
23	Life× of Chaucer more books like this by John Gardner add to wishlist see all copies from £1.24! new only from £9.05! \| signed copies \| first editions
24 view cover	Chaucer more books like this by G K Chesterton add to wishlist In one of his many literary critical studies, G. K. Chesterton examines the writings of the 14th-century English poet Geoffrey Chaucher. see all copies from £2.93! new only from £5.42! \| first editions
25 view cover	Poetry from Chaucer to Spenser: Based on "Chaucer to Spenser: An Anthology of Writings in English 1375-1575 more books like this by Derek Pearsall (Editor), D Wu D, Duncan Wu (Editor) add to wishlist Readers seeking a first introduction to the classic texts of English literature will welcome these short, pocket-sized collections. Each book in the series contains a selection of the most significant poetry or drama from a particular period. Traditional favourites are placed alongside less well-known titles, reflecting the ways in which the ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £4.05! \| first editions

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