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University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc, Philadelphia
In Lyric Tactics, Ingrid Nelson argues that the lyric poetry of later medieval England is a distinct genre defined not by its poetic features--rhyme, meter, and stanza forms--but by its modes of writing and performance, which are ad hoc,...
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In Lyric Tactics, Ingrid Nelson argues that the lyric poetry of later medieval England is a distinct genre defined not by its poetic features--rhyme, meter, and stanza forms--but by its modes of writing and performance, which are ad hoc, improvisatory, and situational. Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Voices of Harley 2253 -- Chapter 2. Enchanting Songs and Rhyming Doctrine in William Herebert's Hymns -- Chapter 3. Lyric Negotiations: Continental Forms and Troilus and Criseyde -- Chapter 4. Form and Ethics in Handlyng Synne and the Legend of Good Women -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index of Lyrics by First Line -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- General Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z -- Acknowledgments. V -- W -- Z -- Acknowledgments
