TY - BOOK AU - Cannon,Christopher TI - The grounds of English literature SN - 1429422025 AV - PR255 .C36 2004eb U1 - 820.9001 22 PY - 2004/// CY - Oxford, New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - English literature KW - Middle English, 1100-1500 KW - History and criticism KW - Romances, English KW - Littérature anglaise KW - 1100-1500 (Moyen anglais) KW - Histoire et critique KW - Roman courtois anglais KW - LITERARY CRITICISM KW - European KW - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh KW - bisacsh KW - Middle English KW - fast KW - Literatur KW - gnd KW - Letterkunde KW - gtt KW - Middelengels KW - Mittelenglisch KW - swd KW - Electronic book KW - Electronic books KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 210-228) and index; The loss of literature: 1066 -- The law of the land: Lazamon's Brut -- Right writing: the Ormulum -- The meaning of life: the owl and the nightingale -- The place of the self: Ancrene Wisse and the Katherine-group -- The spirit of romance: King Horn, Havelok the Dane, and Floris and Blancheflour; Electronic reproduction; [Place of publication not identified]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2010 N2 - Using an innovative theory of literary form applied to a series of detailed readings of the more important early Middle English works, Christopher Cannon shows how the many and varied texts of the period laid the foundations for the project of English literature UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=177041 ER -