Ten Bourdes
Edited by Melissa M. Furrow
Paperback (Published)
(May 2013)
ISBN: 9781580441926
7.01 x 10 inches
Price: $19.95
In stock
A bourde is an English comedic poem similar to a French fabliau but with a moralizing element and less of an emphasis on violence. In this fresh edition of ten Middle English bourdes, Melissa M. Furrow “aims to put funny (or would-be funny) Middle English poems under the eyes of a much broader readership” than the scholarly researchers she appealed to in her earlier edition of many of the same poems. This collection is specifically designed for students, and has contextualizing introductions, copious notes, glosses, and a glossary.
Acknowledgments General Introduction Tales of White Magic Introduction The Tale of the Basin Introduction, Text, Explanatory Notes, Textual Notes Jack and His Stepdame Introduction, Text, Explanatory Notes, Textual Notes Fiends and Risen Corpses Introduction The Lady Prioress Introduction, Text, Explanatory Notes, Textual Notes Dane Hew, Munk of Leicestre Introduction, Text, Explanatory Notes, Textual Notes The Freiris of Berwik Introduction, Text, Explanatory Notes, Textual Notes Arthurian Bourdes Introduction Sir Corneus Introduction, Text, Explanatory Notes, Textual Notes The Boy and the Mantle Introduction, Text, Explanatory Notes, Textual Notes Kings and Commoners Introduction King Edward and the Shepherd Introduction, Text, Explanatory Notes, Textual Notes John the Reeve Introduction, Text, Explanatory Notes, Textual Notes The King and the Hermit
General Introduction
Tales of White Magic
Introduction
The Tale of the Basin
Introduction, Text, Explanatory Notes, Textual Notes
Jack and His Stepdame
Introduction, Text, Explanatory Notes, Textual Notes
Fiends and Risen Corpses
Introduction
The Lady Prioress
Introduction, Text, Explanatory Notes, Textual Notes
Dane Hew, Munk of Leicestre
Introduction, Text, Explanatory Notes, Textual Notes
The Freiris of Berwik
Introduction, Text, Explanatory Notes, Textual Notes
Arthurian Bourdes
Introduction
Sir Corneus
Introduction, Text, Explanatory Notes, Textual Notes
The Boy and the Mantle
Introduction, Text, Explanatory Notes, Textual Notes
Kings and Commoners
Introduction
King Edward and the Shepherd
Introduction, Text, Explanatory Notes, Textual Notes
John the Reeve
Introduction, Text, Explanatory Notes, Textual Notes
The King and the Hermit
Introduction, Text, Explanatory Notes, Textual Notes
Bibliography
Glossary
- Edited by Melissa M. Furrow
Other Titles in this Series
Two Middle English Prayer Cycles
Holkham, "Prayers and Meditations" and Simon Appulby, "Fruyte of Redempcyon"
Guillaume de Machaut, The Complete Poetry and Music, Volume 1
The Debate Poems: Le Jugement dou Roy de Behaigne, Le Jugement dou Roy de Navarre, Le Lay de Plour
Sentimental and Humorous Romances
Floris and Blancheflour, Sir Degrevant, The Squire of Low Degree, The Tournament of Tottenham, and The Feast of Tottenham
The Dialogue of Solomon and Marcolf
A Dual-Language Edition from Latin and Middle English Printed Editions
Christine de Pizan’s Advice for Princes in Middle English Translation
Stephen Scrope’s "The Epistle of Othea" and the Anonymous "Lytle Bibell of Knyghthod"
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