Fifteenth-Century English Dream Visions An Anthology

by Boffey, Julia

• ISBN13: 9780199263974
• ISBN10: 0199263973
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-12-04
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This anthology presents new editions of five English dream vision poems from the fifteenth century, exploring issues of love, philosophy, governance, life at court, and some of the anxieties of writing in a newly-forged English tradition. The texts are fu

Author Biography

Julia Boffey is Reader in Medieval Studies at Queen Mary, University of London. She is an established editor of medieval texts, and her publications include:
Ed. Manuscripts of English Courtly Love Lyrics in the Later Middle Ages (D. S. Brewer 1985)
Ed. with J. Cowen Chaucer and Fifteenth-Century Poetry (Kings College London 1991)
Ed. with P. King London and Europe in the Later Middle Ages (Westfield College London 1995)
Ed. with J. Scatterford Texts and Contexts: Essays from the Early Book Society (Four Courts Press 1997)
Ed. with A. S. G. Edwards The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer and 'the Kingis Quair' (D. S. Bewer 1997)

Table of Contents

Abbreviations	viii
Note on Editorial Policy	x
Introduction	1	(4)
THE TEXTS
John Lydgate,
The Temple of Glass	5	(85)
James I of Scotland,
The Kingis Quair	90	(68)
Charles of Orleans,
Loves Renewal	158	(37)
The Assembly of Ladies	195	(37)
John Skelton,
The Bouge of Court	232	(34)
Bibliography	266	(15)
Index	281