Part of a series from the University of Hull Centre for Medieval Studies, in the UK, this volume offers 14 essays on expressions of grief in laments found in medieval literature and poetry,
particularly those over the loss of children. Written by scholars of philology, Old English, English, French, medieval Latin, and folklore in the US and Europe, the essays engage in close
readings of texts and writers that include Beowulf, Sonatorrek, Chaucer, the Lament Psalms, and Christine de Pizan. Distributed in North America by The David Brown Book Co. Annotation 穢2011
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