Description: This book provides an overview of the literary genre of Middle English lyrics, anonymous short poems that were composed between the twelfth and sixteenth centuries, identifying common features and trends over time and including modern translations of select examples.
Brief description: William A. Quinn is distinguished professor of English at the University of Arkansas. He is the author of Olde Clerkis Speche: Chaucer's "Troilus and Criseyde" and the Implications of Authorial Recital.