{"product_id":"truthe-is-the-beste-a-festschrift-in-honour-of-a-v-c-schmidt-9783034317283","title":"'Truthe is the beste': A Festschrift in Honour of","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe thirteen essays in this book, presented in honour of Dr A.V.C. (Carl) Schmidt, are designed to reflect the range of his interests. Dr Schmidt, who was a Fellow at Balliol College, Oxford from 1972 until his retirement in 2011, is best known for his comprehensive four-text edition of \u003ci\u003ePiers Plowman\u003c\/i\u003e, the fruit of a lifetime’s work on that text. He has also made a major contribution to the study of Chaucer and the medieval English contemplatives, and these authors also find a place in this collection. The essays presented here are intended to build upon the legacy of Carl Schmidt’s exemplary scholarship.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e«[…] \u003ci\u003e'Truthe is the beste': A Festschrift in Honour of A. V. C. Schmidt\u003c\/i\u003e has much to offer its readers, who will find its contents stimulating and masterful.»\u003cbr\u003e (M. Teresa Tavormina, The Yearbook of Langland Studies 29\/2015)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents: J. A. Burrow: Punctuation in the B Version of \u003ci\u003ePiers Plowman\u003c\/i\u003e – Mary Carruthers: \u003ci\u003eTerror\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHorror\u003c\/i\u003e and the Fear of God, or, Why There Is No Medieval Sublime – Helen Cooper: Kynde Names: Acts of Naming in \u003ci\u003ePiers Plowman – \u003c\/i\u003eMary Clemente Davlin: The Style of Prayer in \u003ci\u003ePiers Plowman\u003c\/i\u003e – P. J. C. Field: Malory’s \u003ci\u003eFyleloly\u003c\/i\u003e: The Origin and Meaning of a Name – Alan J. Fletcher: Review of \u003ci\u003eA Dictionary of Hiberno-English: The Irish Use of English \u003c\/i\u003e(third edition) – Vincent Gillespie: Dame Study’s Anatomical Curse: A Scatological Parody? – Nicolas Jacobs: Nebuchadnezzar and the Moral of the Nun’s Priest’s Tale – Rory McTurk: \u003ci\u003eAicill\u003c\/i\u003e in \u003ci\u003ePiers Plowman\u003c\/i\u003e? – Gerald Morgan: Chaucer’s Tellers and Tales and the Design of the \u003ci\u003eCanterbury Tales – \u003c\/i\u003eThorlac Turville-Petre: Proverbs in Middle English Alliterative Poetry – Barry Windeatt: Julian of Norwich and Medieval English Visual Culture.","brand":"Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51043639460183,"sku":"9783034317283","price":39.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/truthe-is-the-beste-a-festschrift-in-honour-of-a-v-c-schmidt-9783034317283","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}