Malory and Fifteenth-Century Drama, Lyrics, and Ballads
by E. K. Chambers
Oxford History of English Literature (v. 2, pt. 2), Oxford History of English Literature. New Version (3)
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- Canonical title
- Malory and Fifteenth-Century Drama, Lyrics, and Ballads
- Original title
- English literature at the close of the Middle Ages
- Alternate titles
- The Close of the Middle Ages
- Original publication date
- 1945; 1947 (second impression with corrections) (second impression with corrections)
- People/Characters
- Abraham; Adam; Anne (Saint); Geoffrey Chaucer; Francis James Child; Cnut the Great (show all 17); Thomas Deloney; W. J. Entwistle; Eve; R. L. Greene; Gavin Greig; Herod the Great; Henry VI, King of England; Robin Hood; Isaac; Sir Thomas Malory; Noah
- Important places
- Coventry, England, UK; Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK; Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, UK; York, North Yorkshire, England, UK; Chester, Cheshire, England, UK
- Important events
- Battle of Harlaw (1411)
- First words
- EDITORS' NOTE
THis half-volume, together with the half-volume on Chaucer and the Fifteenth Century, give a full treatment of English literature in the fifteenth century.
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MEDIEVAL DRAMA
Medieval drama, in England as elsewhere, owes nothing to the tragedy and comedy of insolent Greece and haughty Rome. Before the Christian era began these were already a closed account. - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Surely the Sir Thomas of Monks Kirby could not have written this without a twinge.
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- 820.902 — Literature & rhetoric English & Old English literatures English and Old English (Anglo-Saxon) literatures History, description, critical appraisal of works in more than one form
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- PR291 .C5 — Language and Literature English English Literature By period Medieval. Middle English (1066-1500)
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