The Dream of the Rood
10 best books like The Dream of the Rood (Cynewulf): The Canterbury Tales, Dr. Faustus, The Rape of the Lock, The Song of Roland, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Ecclesiastical History of the English People, The Lais of Marie de France, The Battle of Maldon, Sir Orfeo, Le Lai de Lanval
| Author | Geoffrey Chaucer |
| ISBN | 0140424385 |
The procession that crosses Chaucer's pages is as full of life and as richly textured as a medieval tapestry. The Knight, the Miller, the Friar, the Squire, the Prioress, the Wife of Bath, and others who make up the cast of characters -- including Chaucer himself -- are real people, with human emotions...
| Author | Christopher Marlowe |
| ISBN | 0486282082 |
The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus, commonly referred to simply as Doctor Faustus, is an Elizabethan tragedy by Christopher Marlowe, based on German stories about the title character Faust, that was first performed sometime between 1588 and Marlowe's death in 1593. Two different...
| Author | Alexander Pope |
| ISBN | 1557429162 |
I’ve always believed that miracles can happen and that great physical and/or mental suffering can engender greatness. This indeed proved to be the case with this splendid work by Alexander Pope.
I find Pope a fascinating individual. He was a catholic, at a time when legislation was repressive...
| Author | Unknown |
| ISBN | 0140440755 |
On 15 August 778, Charlemagne’s army was returning from a successful expedition against Saracen Spain when its rearguard was ambushed in a remote Pyrenean pass. Out of this skirmish arose a stirring tale of war, which was recorded in the oldest extant epic poem in French. The Song of Roland, written...
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
| Author | Unknown |
| ISBN | 0451528182 |
Contains the greatest "OH FUCK" moment in medieval literature!
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight - listed here as written by Unknown, though I believe it may have been penned by that prolific Greek author Anonymous - is a classic tale from Arthurian legend in which the code of honor attributed...
One night a group of monks from Durham cathedral seized Bede's remains and took them back to Durham for reburial there, making Bede one of those people who have ended up travelling further in death than they ever did while alive.
The give away fact about this book is it's title. What Bede wants...
| Author | Marie de France |
| ISBN | 0140447598 |
This is a prose translation of the lais or poems attributed to Marie de France. Little is known of her but she was probably the Abbess of the abbey at Shaftesbury in the late 12th century, illegitimate daughter of Geoffrey Plantagenet and hence the half-sister of Henry II of England. It was to a king, and...
| Author | Anonymous |
| ISBN | 0951620908 |
The Battle of Maldon
Composed in approx. 1100 AD
This narrative poetry right away made me think of « The Song of Roland.»
Taking my copy off the shelve, I went to compare the dates of these historical events that became legendary related poetry.
The battle in which Roland...
| Author | Unknown |
| ISBN | 1177696711 |
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important,...
| Author | Marie de France |
| ISBN | 2253138134 |
When I led my Survey of British Lit class in a discussion of this short tale, I suggested a Freudian interpretation of the story; eyes got wide and the discussion got going.
Maybe that story of fairy love in the deep forest away from everyone is a different kind of fantasy!
Maybe the story...
