1st Edition

Encyclopedia of Medieval Literature

Edited By Laura C. Lambdin, Robert T. Lambdin Copyright 2000
560 Pages
by Routledge

560 Pages
by Routledge

This reference is a comprehensive guide to literature written 500 to 1500 A.D., a period that gave rise to some of the world's most enduring and influential works, such as Dante's Commedia, Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, and a large body of Arthurian lore and legend. While its emphasis is upon medieval English texts and society, this reference also covers Islamic, Hispanic, Celtic,... Read more
Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Chapter 10; Chapter 11; Chapter 12; Chapter 13; Chapter 14; Chapter 15; Chapter 16; Chapter 17; Chapter 18; Chapter 19; Chapter 20; Chapter 21; Chapter 22; Chapter 23; Chapter 24; Chapter 25; Chapter 26;

Biography

Robert T. Lambdin teaches English in the Transition Year Program at the University of South Carolina. He has several publications on Chaucer and is the co-editor with his wife, Laura Cooner Lambdin of Chaucer’s Pilgrims (Greenwood Press, 1996). His other interests include Aztec and Incan literature., Laura Cooner Lambdin is now an independent researcher and author following ten years of teaching literature and composition at the university level. She has published several articles and books concerning medieval and Victorian literary topics.