How to Read Middle English Poetry

How to Read Middle English Poetry guides readers through poetry between 1150 and 1500, for study and pleasure. Chapters give down-to-earth advice on enjoying and analyzing each aspect of verse, from the choice of single words, through syntax, metre, rhyme, and stanza-design, up to the play of larger forms across whole poems. How to Read Middle English Poetry covers major figures such as Chaucer, Langland, the Pearl Poet, and Robert Henryson but also delves into exciting anonymous lyrics, romanc ...