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Fifteenth-Century English Dream Visions: An Anthology


Fifteenth-Century English Dream Visions: An Anthology

Paperback by Boffey, Julia (, Reader in Medieval Studies, Queen Mary, University of London)

Fifteenth-Century English Dream Visions: An Anthology

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ISBN:
9780199263981
Publication Date:
25 Sep 2003
Language:
English
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Pages:
296 pages
Format:
Paperback
For delivery:
Estimated despatch 29 May - 3 Jun 2024
Fifteenth-Century English Dream Visions: An Anthology

Description

This anthology provides new editions of five 15th-century English poems framed as dreams and demonstrates the energy with which this influential medieval form was explored by post-Chaucerian writers. Lydgate's "Temple of Glass", a complex love vision, generates a counsel of a wide-ranging kind; "The Kingis Quair" of James I of Scotland and "Love's Renewal" from the English poems of Charles of Orleans manipulate autobiographical detail to philosophical and political ends; the anonymous "Assembly of Ladies" foregrounds women's voices; and finally, Skelton's "Bowge of Court" adapts the love vision to the purposes of a satire on court life. The editions are in lightly modernized spelling and accompanied by glosses, explanatory notes and textual commentary. Each text has its own introduction and recommendations for further reading and a general introduction discusses the significance of the dream form, its importance for Middle English writers, and the extraordinary variety of directions in which it was developed by 15th-century poets.

Contents

Abbreviations ; Editorial Policy ; Introduction ; THE TEXTS ; John Lydgate, The Temple of Glass ; James I of Scotland, The Kingis Quair ; Charles of Orleans, Love's Renewal ; The Assembly of Ladies ; John Skelton, The Bowge of Court ; Bibliography

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