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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.
Price: £17.50
Pages: 167
Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications
Imprint: Medieval Institute Publications
Series: TEAMS Middle English Texts Series
Publication Date:
01 March 1992
ISBN: 9781879288119
Format: Paperback
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Russell A. Peck is Professor of English at the University of Rochester. He is currently the editor of the Middle English Texts Series.
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