The Oxford English Literary History: 1350-1547

The Oxford English Literary History: 1350-1547
ISBN-10
0198182619
ISBN-13
9780198182610
Series
The Oxford English Literary History
Category
History
Pages
661
Language
English
Published
2002
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Author
James Simpson

Description

Ranging from the extraordinary burst of English literary writing under the reign of Richard II to the literature of the Reformation, this title challenges traditional assumptions and argues that the stylistic diversity enjoyed by late medieval writers was curtailed by the authoritarian practice of the 16th-century cultural revolution.

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