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Paperback. Zustand: Good. Mankind is at once conventional in its adherence to morality and extraordinary in its effervescence and wit. The text is a morality play warning Mankind how it may be led astray by temptation, while simultaneously entertaining the audience with banter between the characters representing vice. In its small-scale staging, with a smaller number of actors and props, it was written for a theater troupe of the kind that foreshadows modern professional English drama. Presented with a gloss, notes, an introduction, and a glossary, this edition of the lively Middle English play is perfect for any level of Middle English instruction and invaluable to those who teach early drama.…

paperback. Zustand: New. 1st.

Zustand: New.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 85 pages. 10.25x7.00x0.25 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. 2010. New. paperback. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Nearly 1800 years after Saint Valentine sent, minutes before he was executed, his famous note saying 'from your Valentine,' we still celebrate love by sending valentines and love notes each February 14. But this tradition did not start until nearly a thousand years after Valentine's death. There were no valentines, no love songs, and no love poetry to speak of. Then, in the Middle Ages, a time that is best-known for religious devotion, the language of love, the language that we still speak today, was born. Cupid and his staff have created in this volume a record of their favorite poetry (nearly 100 selections), including some of the first love poetry of Europe, the first mentions of Valentine's Day, and the first valentines in the modern world.…

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Before Geoffrey Chaucer wrote his most famous work, The Canterbury Tales, he attempted several dream visions: Book of the Duchess, a memorial of Blanche, Duchess of Lancaster, for her widower, John of Gaunt; The Parliament of Fowls, the first Valentine's Day poem in English in which the birds gather to choose their mates; The House of Fame, a literary investigation of fame, rumor, and reputation; The Legend of Good Women, a collection of legends, or quasi-saints' lives, of women from classical antiquity, retold by the fictional Chaucer as a sort of penance for defaming women in his earlier works. These works are collected here with twenty-one minor poems, all of which show the wit and style of one of the world's great artists.…

Zustand: New. &Uumlber den AutorGeoffrey Chaucer was born around 1340 to a middle-class merchant family. In his early career, he served at court as a page and then as a soldier. It is well known that he was captured in 1360 at the Siege of Rheims (in.

Kartoniert / Broschiert. Zustand: New. A morality play warning Mankind how it may be led astray by temptation, while entertaining the audience with banter between the characters representing vice. With a gloss, notes, an introduction, and a glossary, this edition of the lively Middle English pla.