Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Plots and Powers Plots and Powers Anne Deirdre Wilson From Amazon: In this final book of her pioneering investigation of logical problems in medieval narrative texts, Anne Wilson offers a practical guide to her approach. She argues that certain narrativ… OL17190360W
Rhetoric beyond words Rhetoric beyond words Mary J. Carruthers "In the Middle Ages, liturgies, books, song, architecture and poetry were performed as collaborative activities in which performers and audience together realized their work anew. Essays by leading s… OL18589463W
Signes and sothe Signes and sothe Helen Barr xiv, 188 p. ; 25 cm OL3483679W
The book of the incipit The book of the incipit D. Vance Smith "This is the first book to examine a peculiar feature of one of the greatest and most perplexing poems of England's late Middle Ages - the successive attempts of Piers Plowman to begin, and to keep b… OL5955343W
Absent narratives, manuscript textuality, and literary structure in late medieval England Absent narratives, manuscript textuality, and literary structure in late medieval England Elizabeth Scala "Absent Narratives, Manuscript Textuality, and Literary Structure in Late Medieval England is a book about the defining difference between medieval and modern stories. In chapters devoted to the majo… OL5956293W
Satan unbound Satan unbound Peter Dendle "The devil is perhaps the single most recurring character in Old English narrative literature, and yet his function in the highly symbolic narrative world of hagiography has never been systematically… OL5992233W