Middle Books


Beowulf (Signet Classics)Beowulf (Signet Classics)
Best Price: $1.86
The epic poem Beowulf is the earliest extant poem in a modern European language? reflecting...
Beowulf: A Verse Translation (Norton Critical Editions)Beowulf: A Verse Translation (Norton Critical Editions)
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I had already bought Heaney's "A New Verse Translation" before I needed to buy this...
Beowulf: A New Verse TranslationBeowulf: A New Verse Translation
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This is such a beautiful translation of the story of Beowulf that all others pale by comparison....
The Complete Canterbury TalesThe Complete Canterbury Tales
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Sir Gawain and The Green Knight (Oxford World's Classics)Sir Gawain and The Green Knight (Oxford World's Classics)
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Although written in Middle English during the fourteenth century during the reign of Richard II,...


Middle English Literature (Garland Reference Library of the Humanities)Middle English Literature (Garland Reference Library of the Humanities)
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For the first time available in paperback, this classic anthology provides readers with...
Beowulf CDBeowulf CD
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It's never been easy to be a hero. When Beowulf arrives at Hrothgar's hall, he discovers that...
The Canterbury Tales (Everyman's Library (Paper))The Canterbury Tales (Everyman's Library (Paper))
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Had wanted to read this for about 15 years, but it's funny how more books are published and then...
King Arthur: In Legend and HistoryKing Arthur: In Legend and History
Best Price: $35.95
Whether one's interest is primarily in exploring the genuine history which gave rise to the...
Middle English Romances (Norton Critical Editions)Middle English Romances (Norton Critical Editions)
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Once much maligned in the critical tradition, the Middle English romances are gradually...


The Oxford Anthology of English Literature: Volume 1: Medieval English Literature (The Oxford Anthology of English Literature)The Oxford Anthology of English Literature: Volume 1: Medieval English Literature (The Oxford Anthology of English Literature)
Best Price: $40.92
I got the book in record time 3 days which was good cause the school bookstore had run out of...
Medieval Writers and their Work: Middle English Literature 1100-1500Medieval Writers and their Work: Middle English Literature 1100-1500
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In an updated edition of his hugely successful student introduction to English literature from...
The Complete Canterbury Tales of Geoffrey ChaucerThe Complete Canterbury Tales of Geoffrey Chaucer
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Easily comprehend Chaucer's works with THE COMPLETE CANTERBURY TALES OF GEOFFREY CHAUCER!...
Beowulf (Enriched Classics Series)Beowulf (Enriched Classics Series)
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The story of one man's triumph over a legendary monster, Beowulf marks the beginning of...
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, Cleanness, Patience (Everyman Library)Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, Cleanness, Patience (Everyman Library)

Handbook of Middle EnglishHandbook of Middle English
Best Price: $30.00
. . . a detailed examination of Middle English in as compact a size as possible. It is a...
Beowulf (Oxford World's Classics)Beowulf (Oxford World's Classics)
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I own, and have read, a couple of dozen translations of "Beowulf," and have probably...
Teaching Chaucer (Teaching the New English)Teaching Chaucer (Teaching the New English)
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This volume of essays offers innovations in teaching Chaucer in higher education from a range of...
Chronicles of King Arthur: 1Chronicles of King Arthur: 1
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This book is a wonderful resource for both those who are new to the myths of King Arthur and...
Beowulf: Revised Edition (Manchester Medieval Classics)Beowulf: Revised Edition (Manchester Medieval Classics)
Best Price: $16.70
There is no point (or space) for any explanation of Beowulf without being highly redundant....

Discourse and Dominion in the Fourteenth CenturyDiscourse and Dominion in the Fourteenth Century
Best Price: $45.18
This wide-ranging study of language and cultural change in fourteenth-century England argues...
Chaucer's Boece and the Medieval Tradition of Boethius (Chaucer Studies)Chaucer's Boece and the Medieval Tradition of Boethius (Chaucer Studies)
Best Price: $90.00
This collection seeks to locate the Boece within the medievaltradition of the academic study and...
BeowulfBeowulf
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I liked this book a lot it is written much better than the others. It is in a story format and...
Tradition and Transformation in Medieval RomanceTradition and Transformation in Medieval Romance
Best Price: $82.68
From the insular romance of the twelfth century (vital to an understanding of the literary and...
England the Nation: Language, Literature, and National Identity, 1290-1340England the Nation: Language, Literature, and National Identity, 1290-1340
Best Price: $113.38
Turville-Petre surveys the wide range of writings by the generation before Chaucer. He explores...

The Beowulf Reader: Basic Readings (Garland Reference Library of the Humanities, Volume 1431)The Beowulf Reader: Basic Readings (Garland Reference Library of the Humanities, Volume 1431)
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This book was the required secondary reading in a graduate level English course I took on...
Medieval Epics: Beowulf, The Song of Roland, The Nibelungenlied, and The Cid (Modern Library)Medieval Epics: Beowulf, The Song of Roland, The Nibelungenlied, and The Cid (Modern Library)
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"The first great literary works of a culture are its epic chronicles, those that create...
The Surgeon in Medieval English Literature (The New Middle Ages)The Surgeon in Medieval English Literature (The New Middle Ages)
Best Price: $29.11
The medieval English surgeon was subject to a huge variety of cultural perceptions, ranging from...
The Return of King Arthur: Completing the Quest for Wholeness, Inner Strength, and Self-KnowledgeThe Return of King Arthur: Completing the Quest for Wholeness, Inner Strength, and Self-Knowledge
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This book has earned a permanent spot on my bookshelf. (And not just for the cover art--which is...
Mastering Aesop: Medieval Education, Chaucer, and His FollowersMastering Aesop: Medieval Education, Chaucer, and His Followers
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This is certain to become a much consulted and frequently cited work. Wheatley's study of the...

Textual Criticism and Middle English TextsTextual Criticism and Middle English Texts
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Thinking About BeowulfThinking About Beowulf
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Framing the Canterbury Tales: Chaucer and the Medieval Frame Narrative Tradition (Contributions to the Study of World Literature)Framing the Canterbury Tales: Chaucer and the Medieval Frame Narrative Tradition (Contributions to the Study of World Literature)
Best Price: $101.95
A clear emphasis on literary antecedents of the Canterbury Tales differentiates this book from...
The Arthurian Book of Days: The Greatest Legend in the World Retold Throughout the YearThe Arthurian Book of Days: The Greatest Legend in the World Retold Throughout the Year
Best Price: $5.00
A beautifully and classically illustrated book that interlaces the fragments of the Arthurian...
Boccaccio, Beauvau and Chaucer: Troilus and Criseyde : Four Perspectives on InfluenceBoccaccio, Beauvau and Chaucer: Troilus and Criseyde : Four Perspectives on Influence
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Beowulf: Old English Edition (Penguin English Poets)Beowulf: Old English Edition (Penguin English Poets)
Best Price: $2.85
Being English today's 'lingua franca', it is necessary, or at least highly convenient and...
The Forest of Medieval Romance: Avernus, Broceliande, ArdenThe Forest of Medieval Romance: Avernus, Broceliande, Arden
Best Price: $95.00
Corinne J. Saunders's exploration of the topos of the forest, a familiar and ubiquitous motif in...
Chaucer and Fifteenth-Century Verse and Prose (Oxford History of English Literature (New Version))Chaucer and Fifteenth-Century Verse and Prose (Oxford History of English Literature (New Version))
Best Price: $55.59
Aims to study the age of Chaucer and the events that shaped his career, and to show how the age...
Book and Verse: A Guide to Middle English Biblical Literature (Illinois Medieval Studies)Book and Verse: A Guide to Middle English Biblical Literature (Illinois Medieval Studies)
Best Price: $19.03
Pursuing History: Middle English Manuscripts and Their Texts (Figurae: Reading Medieval Culture)Pursuing History: Middle English Manuscripts and Their Texts (Figurae: Reading Medieval Culture)
Best Price: $62.92

Medieval Romance and the Construction of Heterosexuality (The New Middle Ages)Medieval Romance and the Construction of Heterosexuality (The New Middle Ages)
Best Price: $65.95
This book interrogates our ideas about heterosexuality through examination of medieval romance...
Remapping the Mediterranean World in Early Modern English Writings (Early Modern Cultural Studies)Remapping the Mediterranean World in Early Modern English Writings (Early Modern Cultural Studies)
Best Price: $67.50
This collection brings together thirteen new essays that examine England’s fascination...
Images, Idolatry, and Iconoclasm in Late Medieval England: Textuality and the Visual ImageImages, Idolatry, and Iconoclasm in Late Medieval England: Textuality and the Visual Image
Best Price: $126.14
This book capitalizes on brilliant recent work on sixteenth-century iconoclasm to extend the...
Covert Operations: The Medieval Uses of Secrecy (The Middle Ages Series)Covert Operations: The Medieval Uses of Secrecy (The Middle Ages Series)
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This book should be titled "Perversity, Gossip, and Women's Issues in the Late Medieval...
The Longman Anthology of British Literature (The Middle Ages)The Longman Anthology of British Literature (The Middle Ages)
Best Price: $2.00
The Longman Anthology of British Literature - 2B / 0-321-10669-5 Anthologies are usually...

The English Alliterative Tradition (Middle Ages Series)The English Alliterative Tradition (Middle Ages Series)
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Medieval English Political Writings (TEAMS Middle English Texts)Medieval English Political Writings (TEAMS Middle English Texts)
Best Price: $14.00
The Keys of Middle-Earth: Discovering Medieval Literature through the Fiction of J.R.R. TolkienThe Keys of Middle-Earth: Discovering Medieval Literature through the Fiction of J.R.R. Tolkien
Best Price: $21.37
The Keys of Middle-Earth introduces the reader to the world of medieval literature through the...
The Grail: A Casebook (Garland Reference Library of the Humanities)The Grail: A Casebook (Garland Reference Library of the Humanities)
Whether it is a cup of plenty or the container of Christ's blood, the Holy Grail has always been...
The Laborer's Two Bodies: Labor and the "Work" of the Text in Medieval Britain, 1350-1500 (The New Middle Ages)The Laborer's Two Bodies: Labor and the "Work" of the Text in Medieval Britain, 1350-1500 (The New Middle Ages)
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The Laborer's Two Bodies explores the intellectual, cultural, and political consequences of one...

Middle English Debate Poetry: A Critical AnthologyMiddle English Debate Poetry: A Critical Anthology
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Impolitic Bodies: Poetry, Saints, and Society in Fifteenth-Century England: The Work of Osbern BokenhamImpolitic Bodies: Poetry, Saints, and Society in Fifteenth-Century England: The Work of Osbern Bokenham
Best Price: $39.76
With this witty and elegant new book, one of our leading medievalists breaks new ground in...
Old and Middle English: An Anthology (Blackwell Anthologies)Old and Middle English: An Anthology (Blackwell Anthologies)
Best Price: $14.00
This will surely become THE definitive anthology of Old and Middle English literature. Editor...
The Importance of ChaucerThe Importance of Chaucer
Fisher's study summarizes quite well the important canons of Chaucerian biographical and...
Middle English Literature 1100-1400 (Oxford History of English Literature (New Version))Middle English Literature 1100-1400 (Oxford History of English Literature (New Version))
Best Price: $122.49
Oxford University Press is pleased to announce the complete reissue of all the existing volumes...

St Patrick's Purgatory (Early English Text Society Original Series)St Patrick's Purgatory (Early English Text Society Original Series)
Best Price: $72.34
This volume contains four Medieval texts and brings together all the major Middle English...
Darke Hierogliphicks: Alchemy in English Literature from Chaucer to the Restoration (Studies in the English Renaissance)Darke Hierogliphicks: Alchemy in English Literature from Chaucer to the Restoration (Studies in the English Renaissance)
Best Price: $24.99
This is a great place to start for anybody interested in the influence of alchemical symbolism...
   
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