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This volume makes accessible for students of the Middle Ages Middle English verses about heroic women from the Old Testament. Included are The Storie of Asneth, The Pistel of Swete Susan, The Story of Jephthah and his Daughter, and The Story of Judith. These poems exhibit the attitudes of Late Medieval England towards heroic women, and offer an unusually positive depiction of Judiasm. With extensive notes, glosses, and introductions, these verses are valuable to teachers and students of Middle English.

Table of Contents
Preface

The Storie of Asneth
Introduction
Select Bibliography
Text
Notes
Plates

 The Pistel of Swete Susan
Introduction
Select Bibliography
Text
Notes

 Selections from The Middle English Metrical Paraphrase of the Old Testament
Introduction
Select Bibliography
Text
The Prologue
The Story of Jephthah and his Daughter
The Story of Judith
Notes

 Glossary

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      Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/03/1992
      ISBN13: 9781879288119, 978-1879288119
      ISBN10: 1879288117

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This volume makes accessible for students of the Middle Ages Middle English verses about heroic women from the Old Testament. Included are The Storie of Asneth, The Pistel of Swete Susan, The Story of Jephthah and his Daughter, and The Story of Judith. These poems exhibit the attitudes of Late Medieval England towards heroic women, and offer an unusually positive depiction of Judiasm. With extensive notes, glosses, and introductions, these verses are valuable to teachers and students of Middle English.

      Table of Contents
      Preface

      The Storie of Asneth
      Introduction
      Select Bibliography
      Text
      Notes
      Plates

       The Pistel of Swete Susan
      Introduction
      Select Bibliography
      Text
      Notes

       Selections from The Middle English Metrical Paraphrase of the Old Testament
      Introduction
      Select Bibliography
      Text
      The Prologue
      The Story of Jephthah and his Daughter
      The Story of Judith
      Notes

       Glossary

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