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An exploration across thirteen essays by critics, translators and creative writers on the modern-day afterlives of Old English, delving into how it has been transplanted and recreated in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

Medievalism. --- English literature --- Medievalism in literature. --- Medievalism in art. --- History and criticism. --- Influence. --- Old English. --- composition. --- early medieval English. --- historical fiction. --- language. --- literature. --- medievalism. --- reception. --- recreation. --- teaching.

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It is often said that the past is a foreign country where they do things differently, and perhaps no type of "doing" is more fascinating than sexual desires and behaviours. Our modern view of medieval sexuality is characterised bya polarising dichotomy between the swooning love-struck knights and ladies of romance on one hand, and the darkly imagined and misogyny of an unenlightened "medieval" sexuality on the other. British medieval sexual culture also exhibits such dualities through the influential paradigms of sinner or saint, virgin or whore, and protector or defiler of women. However, such sexual identities are rarely coherent or stable, and it is in the grey areas, the interstices between normative modes of sexuality, that we find the most compelling instances of erotic frisson and sexual expression. This collection of essays brings together a wide-ranging discussion of the sexual possibilitiesand fantasies of medieval Britain as they manifest themselves in the literature of the period. Taking as their matter texts and authors as diverse as Chaucer, Gower, Dunbar, Malory, alchemical treatises, and romances, the contributions reveal a surprising variety of attitudes, strategies and sexual subject positions. Contributors: Aisling Byrne, Anna Caughey, Kristina Hildebrand, Amy S. Kaufman, Yvette Kisor, Megan G. Leitch, Cynthea Masson, Hannah Priest, Samantha J. Rayner, Robert Allen Rouse, Cory James Rushton, Amy N. Vines.

Literature --- Belles-lettres --- Western literature (Western countries) --- World literature --- Philology --- Authors --- Authorship --- History and criticism. --- Literature, Medieval --- English literature --- Sex in literature. --- Alchemical treatises. --- Britain. --- British history. --- Chaucer. --- Eroticism. --- Gender roles. --- Literature. --- Malory. --- Medieval sexuality. --- Medieval. --- Romance. --- Sexual culture. --- anthropology. --- medeival romance. --- medieval English culture. --- medieval English society. --- medieval history. --- sociology. --- women and gender studies. --- women's studies'.

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"Henry Daniel, fourteenth-century medical writer, Dominican friar, and contemporary of Chaucer, is one of the most neglected figures to whom we can attribute a substantial body of extant works in Middle English. His Liber Uricrisiarum, the earliest known medical text in Middle English, synthesizes authoritative traditions into a new diagnostic encyclopedia characterized by its stylistic verve and intellectual scope. Drawing on expertise from a range of scholars, this volume examines Daniel's capacious works and demonstrates their significance to many scholarly conversations, including the history of late medieval medicine. It explains the background for Daniel's uroscopic and herbal work, describes all known versions of the Liber Uricrisiarum and traces revisions over time, analyses Daniel's representations of his own medical practice, and demonstrates his influence on later medical and literary writers. Both a companion to the recently published reading edition of the Liber Uricrisiarum and a work of original scholarship in its own right, this collection promotes a wider understanding of Daniel's texts and prompts new discoveries about their importance."--

Medical literature --- Medical writing --- Medicine, Medieval --- History --- Daniel, Henry --- To 1500 --- England. --- Angleterre --- England --- Vie intellectuelle --- Intellectual life --- Henry Daniel. --- Liber Uricrisiarum. --- book history. --- history of medicine. --- medieval English vernacularity. --- medieval herbs. --- medieval medicine. --- medieval poetics and narrative. --- medieval uroscopy.

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Conceived as a companion volume to the well-received Simple Forms: Essays on Medieval English Popular Literature(2015), Make We Merry More and Less is a comprehensive anthology of popular medieval literature from the twelfth century onwards. Uniquely, the book is divided by genre, allowing readers to make connections between texts usually presented individually. This anthology offers a fruitful exploration of the boundary between literary and popular culture, and showcases an impressive breadth of literature, including songs, drama, and ballads. Familiar texts such as the visions of Margery Kempe and the Paston family letters are featured alongside lesser-known works, often oral. This striking diversity extends to the language: the anthology includes Scottish literature and original translations of Latin and French texts. The illuminating introduction offers essential information that will enhance the reader’s enjoyment of the chosen texts. Each of the chapters is accompanied by a clear summary explaining the particular delights of the literature selected and the rationale behind the choices made. An invaluable resource to gain an in-depth understanding of the culture of the period, this is essential reading for any student or scholar of medieval English literature, and for anyone interested in folklore or popular material of the time.

English literature --- Popular literature --- Literature and folklore --- Renaissance --- Folk literature, English --- English folk literature --- Folklore and literature --- Literature and folk-lore --- Folklore --- History and criticism. --- Essays on Medieval English Popular Literature --- anthology --- popular medieval literature --- twelfth century --- literary and popular culture --- songs --- drama --- ballads --- Douglas Gray --- Jane Bliss

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First entire collection centred on Chaucer's Book of the Duchess, making a compelling case for its importance and value.

Chaucer, Geoffrey, --- Chaucer, Jeffrey, --- Chʻiao-sou, Chieh-fu-lei, --- Chieh-fu-lei Chʻiao-sou, --- Choser, Dzheffri, --- Choser, Zheoffreĭ, --- Cosvr, Jvoffrvi, --- Tishūsar, Zhiyūfrī, --- Criticism and interpretation. --- LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval. --- Authorial Practice. --- Book of the Duchess. --- Chaucer. --- English Writing. --- French. --- Jamie C. Fumo. --- Late-Medieval English Textual Production. --- Literary Achievement. --- Literary Relationships. --- Material Processes. --- Reception. --- Transmission.