Zesmer, David M. Guide to English literature from Beowulf through Chaucer and medieval drama. [electronic resource] / With bibliographies by Stanley B. Greenfield.. — New York, : Barnes & Noble, [1961]. — 397 p. : illus. 21 cm. - College outline series, no. 53.
Includes bibliographical references.
Old English period: Historical and linguistic background of the old English period -- Anglo-Saxon literary culture -- Beowulf and the heroic tradition -- Elegiac, Caedmonian, and Cynewulfian poems -- Old English prose and miscellaneous verse -- Middle English period -- General view of the middle English period -- Middle English romance -- Middle English prose -- Lyrics and folk ballads -- Alliterative revival: Sir Gawain, Pearl, and Piers Plowman -- Debates, didactic verse and satire -- Chaucer: Minor works and Troilus -- Canterbury tales -- Fifteenth-century Chaucerians -- Medieval drama in England -- Bibliographies: Old English bibliographical guide -- Middle English bibliographical guide.
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English literature--History and criticism.--Old English, ca. 450-1100 English literature--History and criticism.--Middle English, 1100-1500 Littérature anglaise--Histoire et critique.--1100-1500 (Moyen anglais) Littérature anglaise--1100-1500 (Moyen anglais)--Bibliographie. Littérature anglo-normande--Histoire et critique. Littérature anglo-normande--Bibliographie.