The Broadview Anthology of British Literature Volume 1: The Medieval Period – Revised Third Edition

Volume 1 of the acclaimed Broadview Anthology of British Literature, now revised to eliminate the term “Anglo-Saxon” from the anthology apparatus.

“Broadview offers the best selection of Old English texts I’ve ever seen in an anthology of this nature … Well done!” — Robert W. Barrett, Jr., University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

“The medieval volume [of The Broadview Anthology of British Literature] is superb, with its generous representation of Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Norman literary culture, as well as its growing collection of texts from the too little-known fifteenth century. This is a very real intellectual, as well as pedagogical, achievement.” — Nicholas Watson, Harvard University

“ …an excellent choice for instructors. … The Broadview Anthology certainly contains the most up-to-date and comprehensive selections of medieval texts, with excellent introductory notes and reader-friendly organization.” — Eileen S. Jankowski, Chapman University

In all six of its volumes The Broadview Anthology of British Literature presents British literature in a truly distinctive light. Fully grounded in sound literary and historical scholarship, the anthology takes a fresh approach to many canonical authors, and includes a wide selection of work by lesser-known writers. The anthology also provides wide-ranging coverage of the worldwide connections of British literature, and it pays attention throughout to issues of race, gender, class, and sexual orientation. It includes comprehensive introductions to each period, providing in each case an overview of the historical and cultural as well as the literary background. It features accessible and engaging headnotes for all authors, extensive explanatory annotations, and an unparalleled number of illustrations and contextual materials. Innovative, authoritative and comprehensive, The Broadview Anthology of British Literature has established itself as a leader in the field.

The full anthology comprises six bound volumes, together with an extensive website component; the latter has been edited, annotated, and designed according to the same high standards as the bound book component of the anthology, and is accessible by using the passcode obtained with the purchase of one or more of the bound volumes.

In the revised third edition of this volume, the term “Anglo-Saxon” has been removed from our editorial apparatus—a change made in response to recent scholarly work that has drawn attention to the term''s historical and current usage by white supremacists. We have also taken the opportunity to implement a small number of additional improvements; the pagination, however, remains the same.

• | Author: Anne Lake Prescott, Wendy Lee, Roy Liuzza, Leonard Conolly, Kate Flint, Joseph Black, Jerome J. McGann, Isobel Grundy, Don LePan, Barry V. Qualls
• | Publisher: Broadview Press Ltd
• | Publication Date: Jul 12, 2023
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781554816163
• | ISBN-10: 1554816165