Product Description

This new and revised edition is intended to encourage personal appreciation and independent appraisal by students of English. It is an introduction to the poetry composed in an age that witnessed fundamental cultural developments: the emergence of the English from among the warring tribes of Europe; their conversiton to Christianity; the development of feudalism and the chivalric myth; the military adventure of the Crusades; and the growth of a vigorous citizen class in the burgeoning towns of England.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1307516 in Books
• Published on: 2002-06-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 400 pages

Review
"Swanton writes with real intelligence and great energy, and many of his brief essays on individual works become quite powerful statements . . . he is a sympathetic and at times superb reader of the poetry." -Speculum