John Metham, Amoryus and Cleopes

By (author) John Metham Edited by Stephen F. Page

Book cover: John Metham, Amoryus and Cleopes

Extent: 152 pages

Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications

Subjects: Literary Studies, Medieval Studies

Series: TEAMS Middle English Texts Series

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(March 1999)

ISBN: 9781580440165

7.01 x 10 inches

Price: $14.95

In stock

PDF (Published)

(March 1999)

ISBN: 9781580444170

Price: $12.00

In this volume, John Metham’s classic romance Amoryus and Cleopes is made available to a wider audience of students and teachers of Middle English with its contextualizing introduction, extensive notes, and helpful gloss. This fifteenth century romance, written by John Metham, creatively reworks Ovid’s tale of Pyramus and Thisbe’s tragic love from his Metamorphoses. Metham draws on a wide variety of popular romances and particularly Chaucer’s Ovidian works to create an inventive romance of his own with a decidedly moral aim. This volume will be of interest to students of Middle English romance and all those interested in the literary legacy of Chaucer.

Acknowledgements Introduction Select Bibliography Amoryus and Cleopes Notes Appendix Glossary, Acknowledgements
Introduction
Select Bibliography
Amoryus and Cleopes
Notes
Appendix
Glossary

  • By (author) John Metham
  • Edited by Stephen F. Page