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Poems Geoffrey Chaucer · 1800 · ★ 3.6 · 631p · ≈ 21h · Demanding Chaucer's Shorter Poems consists of several of the lesser known works by Geoffrey Chaucer, author of The Canterbury Tales: The Book of the Duchess The House of Fame The Parliament of Fowles Truth Gentilesse Merciles Beaute Lak of Stedfastnesse Shares: Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages, Medieval Manuscripts, Facsimiles, Manuscripts

Piers Plowman William Langland · 1856 · ★ 3.0 · 143p · ≈ 4h · Challenging "This book is a new verse translation of Piers from Middle English which preserves the energy, imagery and intent of the original, and retains its alliterative style. It derives from a 2012 arts festival presentation performed in the priory where Langland--a contemporary of Chaucer--was probably educated"-- Shares: Christian poetry, Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages, Facsimiles, Manuscripts

Piers the Plowman William Langland · 1550 · ★ 3.5 · 304p · ≈ 10h · Demanding This is one of the masterpieces of medieval literature. This new complete edition of the orginal text of the B-version answers every need of both the student and the interested lay reader. Marginal glosses, footnote translations, and a commentary providing textual, lexical, historycal and literary annotation facilitate the understanding, appreciation and, above all, the enjoyment of this great… Shares: Christian poetry, Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages, Textual Criticism, English poetry

Troilus and Criseyde Geoffrey Chaucer · 1483 · ★ 3.7 · 309p · ≈ 10h · Demanding A 1932 translation into modern English of a text written by Chaucer in c.1385, the story being set in Classical Antiquity around 800 B.C. and being a love story concerning its two principal characters, the Trojan soldier Troilus and his Greek paramour, Cressida, set during the ten years of the Trojan War between Greece and the city state of Troy. The story is based on Classical sources,… Shares: Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages, Medieval Manuscripts, Facsimiles, Manuscripts

Parzival Wolfram von Eschenbach · 1885 · ★ 3.7 · 127p · ≈ 4h · Challenging German poet Wolfram von Eschenbach's romance story "Parzival" tells the whirlwind tale of a young man's life as a knight in search for the Holy Grail. It follows the Medieval heroic story of Parzival (Percival in the English texts) as he tries to balance his desire for love with his quest for the Grail. At first, Parzival is childish and ignorant, and his bad choices prohibit him from… Shares: Medieval Manuscripts, Textual Criticism, Facsimiles, Manuscripts

Epistemological Perspective of the Pearl-Poet Piotr Spyra · 2014 · 184p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Original and engaging, this study presents the four anonymous poems found in the Cotton Nero MS - Pearl, Cleanness, Patience, and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight - as a composite text with a continuous narrative. While it is widely accepted that the poems attributed to the Pearl-Poet ought to be read together, this book demonstrates that instead of being analyzed as four distinct, though… Shares: Christian poetry, Christianity and literature, English poetry, History

Classical and Christian ideas in English Renaissance poetry Isabel Rivers · 1979 · 246p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Since publication in 1979 Isabel Rivers' sourcebook has established itself as the essential guide to English Renaissance poetry. It: provides an account of the main classical and Christian ideas, outlining their meaning, their origins and their transmission to the Renaissance; illustrates the ways in which Renaissance poetry drew on classical and Christian ideas; contains extracts from key… Shares: Christianity and literature, Sources, English poetry

Pearl Sir Israel Gollancz · 1891 · 285p · ≈ 9h · Challenging Yellow and golden pearls: yellow-green, greenish brown to dark brown; Shares: Medieval Manuscripts, Facsimiles, Manuscripts, English poetry

Introduction to the Gawain-Poet Ad Putter · 2014 · 268p · ≈ 8h · Moderate The late 14th century produced a crop of brilliant writers: Chaucer, Langland and Gower. Their achievement was rivalled only by a series of four works generally agreed to have been written by a single northern author, known as the Gawain-Poet. This book introduces the reader to the Gawain-poet's four surviving works: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Patience, Pearl and Cleanness. The four poems… Shares: Christian poetry, Manuscripts, English poetry, Poetry

Roman de la Rose Guillaume de Lorris · 1493 · ★ 3.6 · 286p · ≈ 9h · Demanding Many English-speaking readers of the Roman de la rose, the famous dream allegory of the thirteenth century, have come to rely on Charles Dahlberg's elegant and precise translation of the Old French text. His line-by-line rendering in contemporary English is available again, this time in a third edition with an updated critical apparatus. Readers at all levels can continue to deepen their… Shares: Medieval Manuscripts, Facsimiles, Manuscripts, Poetry

Libro de buen amor Juan Ruiz · 1900 · ★ 3.4 · 261p · ≈ 8h · Challenging 275 p. ; 16 cm Shares: Medieval Manuscripts, Facsimiles, Manuscripts, Poetry

Poetical works of Robert Bridges Robert Seymour Bridges · 1898 · ★ 3.7 · 484p · ≈ 16h · Challenging Each section preceded by a bibliographical note. Second edition. Prometheus the firegiver, a mask in the Greek manner.--Demeter, a mask.--Eros and psyche.--The growth of love.--Shorter poems, --New poems, --Later poems.--Poems in classical prosody.--October, and other poems.--New verse.--Two pieces written after the war.--Index of titles and first lines. Shares: English poetry, Poetry

Don Juan Lord Byron · 1819 · ★ 3.6 · 193p · ≈ 6h · Challenging Byron's exuberant masterpiece tells of the adventures of Don Juan, beginning with his illicit love affair at the age of sixteen in his native Spain and his subsequent exile to Italy. Following a dramatic shipwreck, his exploits take him to Greece, where he is sold as a slave, and to Russia, where he becomes a favourite of the Empress Catherine who sends him on to England. Written entirely in… Shares: English poetry, Poetry

Poems George Meredith · 1851 · 623p · ≈ 20h · Demanding This is a poem book. Aurelius prudentius clemens, the greatest of the Latin Christian poets, was born in the year 348 during the consulship of Salia and Philip. The place of his birth is not known with certainty. Three cities of Hither Spain are designated by him as his own: Tarragona, Saragossa, and Calahorra. Partisans of each have claimed him as a native son with convincing arguments. In the… Shares: English poetry, Poetry

Moments of vision Thomas Hardy · 1889 · 184p · ≈ 6h · Challenging ix, 443 p. ; 23 cm Shares: Facsimiles, Manuscripts, English poetry, Poetry

Poems Percy Bysshe Shelley · 1800 · ★ 4.0 · 918p · ≈ 30h · Demanding A brief introduction to the life of Shelley, called the poet of "uncompromising spirit," and his most praised works, some extracted from the whole, others presented in full. Shares: Textual Criticism, Facsimiles, Manuscripts, English poetry

Songs of innocence and of experience William Blake · 1794 · ★ 4.1 · 79p · ≈ 2h · Demanding This volume of verse by the great English poet and artist William Blake contains two collections originally published separately in 1789 and 1784. This 1925 edition was edited by British literature professor George H. Cowling. Shares: Facsimiles, Manuscripts, English poetry, Poetry

Poems by John Keats John Keats · 1800 · ★ 4.1 · 302p · ≈ 10h · Challenging Twenty-five poems by one of the English Romantic poets of the early nineteenth century. Shares: Facsimiles, Manuscripts, English poetry, Poetry

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