Amis and Amiloun, Robert of Cisyle, and Sir Amadace

by Edward E Foster (Editor)

Overview

In A Manual of the Writings in Middle English, Amis and Amiloun, Robert of Cisyle, and Sir Amadace are classified by Lillian Herlands Hornstein as Legendary Romances of Didactic Intent. Amis, produced in the East Midlands in the late thirteenth century was well known throughout Europe, but according to Edward Foster, the Middle English version is especially lively, entertaining, and perplexing.Robert of Cisyle was also a common and popular story. Like the medieval tragedies recounted in Chaucer's The Monk's Tale, it recounts the story of the fall of a great man and his ultimate triumph once he has been thoroughly humiliated.The stress in Sir Amadace is on material things: Amadace's original plight is material, his succor of the unburied knight is material, the white knight's assistance to him is material, his redemption is material . . . , and his ultimate happiness is material. - from the Introduction

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781580441254
Publisher:	Medieval Institute Publications
Publication date:	01/01/2008
Series:	TEAMS Middle English Texts Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	7.01(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

Edward E. Foster was a professor of English at Whitman College, interested in Old and Middle English poetry and in the history of the English language.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Amis and Amiloun Introduction Select Bibliography Text Notes Robert of Cisyle Introduction Select Bibliography Text Notes Sir Amadace Introduction Select Bibliography Text Notes Glossary