TY - BOOK AU - Baldwin,Anna P. TI - An introduction to Medieval English literature: 1300-1485 SN - 9780230250376 (pbk.) U1 - 820.9001 23 PY - 2016/// CY - New York PB - Palgrave Macmillan KW - English literature KW - Middle English, 1100-1500 KW - History and criticism KW - Civilization, Medieval, in literature KW - LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval KW - bisacsh N1 - Includes index; Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction -- 1. The Poor Commons: literature and social change -- 2. The Poor Commons: education and dissent -- 3. The Urban Middle Class: Satire, Debate and Political Advice -- 4. The Urban Middle Class: Tales of Women and Marriage -- 5. The community of the Church: religious lyrics and the English mystics -- 6. Religious and Moral Stories -- 7. Aristocratic Love -- 8. Chivalric Romances -- Further Reading N2 - "This book provides an informative, critical and concise introduction to the literature of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, contextualising the literature and introducing the pre-eminent authors of the period. "-- ER -