Encyclopedia Of Medieval Literature

Jay Ruud0816054975, 9780816054978

Medieval literature encompasses a broad sweep of people, cultures, and styles. ”Encyclopedia of Medieval Literature” offers a comprehensive account of the literary works, writers, and concepts of the Middle Ages; from 500 to 1500 CE. Covering not only European literature but also that of India, the Far East, and the Muslim world, this invaluable A-to-Z guide is one of the most inclusive single-volume references of its kind. Approximately 700 entries cover works, authors, and terms from the following cultures and languages: English: Old English and Middle English, ncluding Beowulf, Chaucer, morality play, Sir Thomas Malory, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Robin Hood, and Troilus and Criseyde; French: Joan of Arc, Marie de France, Parzival, The Song of Roland, and Francois Villon; Provencal: troubadours and Peire Vidal; Celtic: Cuchulain, The Mabinogion, and Ulster cycle; German: The Nibelungenlied, Tristan, Ulrich von Lichtenstein, and Gottfried von Strassburg; Old Norse: Egil’s Saga, skaldic poetry, and Snorri Sturluson; Latin: Peter Abelard, Bede, Geoffrey of Monmouth, Historia Regum Britanniae, Psychomachia, and St. Augustine of Hippo; Japanese: Muromachi Period, The Pillow Book, and The Tale of Genji; Chinese: The Story of Ying-ying and Li Po; Islamic: Omar Khayyam, the Koran, and The Thousand and One Nights; Indian: Govindadasa and Mahadeviyakka; Spanish; Hebrew; and more.

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Table of contents :
Contents……Page 4
Preface……Page 5
Introduction……Page 6
Authors’ Time Line……Page 12
Writers Covered, by Language of Composition……Page 16
A……Page 20
B……Page 71
C……Page 120
D……Page 189
E……Page 219
F……Page 241
G……Page 265
H……Page 309
I……Page 347
J……Page 361
K……Page 379
L……Page 401
M……Page 435
N……Page 482
O……Page 495
P……Page 506
Q……Page 543
R……Page 546
S……Page 575
T……Page 626
U……Page 672
V……Page 676
W……Page 695
Y……Page 716
Z……Page 726
Selected Bibliography……Page 730
Contributors……Page 735
Index……Page 736