Medieval readers and writers, 1350-1400 /

Coleman, Janet,

Medieval readers and writers, 1350-1400 / [print] Janet Coleman. - New York : Columbia University Press, (c)1981. - 337 pages ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Editor's introduction Introduction -- Vernacular literacy and lay education -- The literature of social unrest -- Memory, preaching and the literature of a society in transition -- Theology, non-scholastic literature and poetry -- Conclusion. Raymond Williams --



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English literature--History and criticism.--Middle English, 1100-1500
Didactic literature, English--History and criticism.
Middle class--England.--Books and reading
Authors and readers--History.--England
Reader-response criticism.

PR275 PR275.C692.M435 1981