Fourteenth-century English Poetry: Contexts and Readings

accepted alliterative poem alliterative poetry Alliterative Revival alliterative verse Anglo-French Anglo-Norman Literature Arcite Arcite's artistic Auchinleck Manuscript Boccaccio's Boethian British Library Canterbury Chaucer classes contemporary context courtly death Destruction of Troy divine dramatic earlier East Anglia EETS England English poetry fact fifteenth century French Gaunt Gawain-poet gods Gower Green Knight Harley Henry human Ibid interesting Italian J. A. W. Bennett John Gower K. B. McFarlane kind King Knight's Tale Langland language later fourteenth century Latin literary Lydgate Lyrics Mars medieval English Medieval London medieval poet Middle English moral Morte Arthure narrative nature non-alliterative Oxford Palamon Parlement of Foules Piers Plowman poetic Prologue prose readers reading religious rhymed Richard Saint Salter Saturn sense Sir Gawain stanza swich tail-rhyme romances teenth century temple Teseida theme ther tion tradition translation Troilus and Criseyde Venus vernacular W. W. Skeat William writing Yorkshire þat