Posts belonging to Category Medieval Literature



Kindle Edition now available for The Court in English Alliterative Poetry

Unfortunately no preview available for the Kindle version! Here’s the synopsis though in case you’re interested: My thesis aims to explore certain links between literature and society in the portrayal of courtly society in a group of alliterative texts: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Awntyrs off Arthure at the Terne Wathelyn, Morte Arthure, Wars [...]

The Court in Alliterative English Poetry, 1350-1450 Now Available as an ebook

I have made my thesis on medieval English alliterative poetry available as an ebook via Lulu. Here’s the preview:

The Court in English Alliterative Poetry – added text of my M.Phil. thesis

As far as I know my thesis, which I completed over 10 years ago at the University of Birmingham, has probably been gathering a lot of dust in the library with no contact with anyone from the outside world. I thought it might be nice to share the content. As I say it’s over 10 [...]

Dante’s De Vulgari Eloquentia

Been awhile since I have posted unfortunately due to illness over the last week or so. Progress on the writing has therefore been very slow. However, I did manage to read through Dante’s De Vulgari Eloquentia. Quite useful on his opinion of Frederick’s court and also all the differences in dialects in Italy, plus an [...]

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