Thomas Hoccleve: A Facsimile of the Autograph Verse Manuscripts: Henry E. Huntington Library, San Marino (California), MSS HM 111 and 744; University Library, Durham (England), MS Cosin V.III.9.
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Full Article Title: Thomas Hoccleve: A Facsimile of the Autograph Verse Manuscripts: Henry E. Huntington Library, San Marino (California), MSS HM 111 and 744; University Library, Durham (England), MS Cosin V.III.9.(Book Review) |
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Thomas Hoccleve: A Facsimile of the Autograph Verse Manuscripts: Henry E. Huntington Library, San Marino (California), MSS HM 111 and 744; University Library, Durham (England), MS Cosin V.III.9, introd. J. A. Burrow and A. I. Doyle, Early English Text Society, Supplementary Series 19 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002). xl pp. + 186 facsimile fols. ISBN 0-19-722420-2. 80.00 [pounds sterling]/$160.00.
'The typical vice' of medieval literature, 'as we all know', says C. S. Lewis, 'is dulness; sheer, unabashed, prolonged dulness, where the author does not seem even to be trying to interest us. The South English Legendary or Ormulum or parts of Hoccleve are good examples' (The Discarded Image (Cambridge, 1964), p. 204). Hoccleve at least has come a long way since then,...
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