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The term Middle English literature refers to the literature written in the form of the English language known as Middle English, from the late 12th century until the 1470s. During this time the Chancery Standard , a form of London -based English, became widespread and the printing press regularized the language.
Henry V, whilst Prince of Wales, presenting Hoccleve's Regement of Princes to the Duke of Norfolk, 1411–1413, British Library. Thomas Hoccleve or Occleve (1368/69–1426) was a key figure in 15th-century Middle English literature, significant for promoting Chaucer as "the father of English literature", and as a poet in his own right.
The original manuscript of the poem, BL Harley MS 2253 f.63 v "Alysoun" or "Alison", also known as "Bytuene Mersh ant Averil", is a late-13th or early-14th century poem in Middle English dealing with the themes of love and springtime through images familiar from other medieval poems.
Literature written in Middle English, from the late 11th through the 15th centuries. Subcategories. This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total. A.
Langland's Piers Plowman (written c. 1360–87) or Visio Willelmi de Petro Plowman (William's Vision of Piers Plowman) is a Middle English allegorical narrative poem, written in unrhymed alliterative verse. [34] Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a late 14th-century Middle English alliterative romance. It is one of the better-known Arthurian ...
Middle English: Universal Decimal: 811.111'04 ... Middle English literature (3 C, 75 P) M. Middle English personal pronouns (7 P) Pages in category "Middle English"
A Book of Middle English 4th edn. Wiley Blackwell. 2019. Old Testament Citations in Pearl Journal of English and Germanic Philology. 118(3), 390-405 (With John A. Burrow) 2018. Piers Plowman: The B-Version Archetype (Bx) SEENET, Raleigh NC. 2018. Description and Narrative in Middle English Alliterative Poetry Liverpool University Press. 2018.
Middle English (abbreviated to ME [1]) is a form of the English language that was spoken after the Norman Conquest of 1066, until the late 15th century. The English language underwent distinct variations and developments following the Old English period.