The Cambridge History of English Literature

Aelfric Aldhelm Alfred Alfred's alliterative appears archbishop Arthur Arthurian ballad Bede Bede's Beowulf bishop Britain British Brut Cambridge Canterbury Celtic character Chaucer Christian chronicle church Conquest contemporary couplet Cynewulf death dialect earlier early edition England English literature fourteenth century French Gawain Geoffrey Geoffrey of Monmouth Geoffrey's Henry Henry of Huntingdon hero Hist homilies interest John of Salisbury king knight known language later Latin Layamon legend letter lines literary lives Mannyng manuscript medieval metre metrical Middle English midland monastic monk narrative native Nennius Norman Old English original Ormulum Oxford Paris passages Pearl poem poet poetry popular preface probably prose reign rime Rolls Series romance saints scholars songs story style tells theme thirteenth century tion tradition Trans translation twelfth century verse vols Wace Wales Walter Map Welsh West Saxon William of Malmesbury words writers written