The Lost Tradition: Essays on Middle English Alliterative Poetry

This collection of previously published essays (from 1975- 1997) by Scattergood (medieval and Renaissance English, Trinity College, Dublin) provides readings of a group of alliterative poems to demonstrate how they engaged with larger political, social, and personal issues of the time. The studies consider, among others, the Winner and Waster , the Parlement of the Thre Ages , poems on Gawain and the Green Knight and Patience , Piers Plouwman , Pierce the Ploughman's Crede , Scotish Ffeilde , and Gower's Cronica Tripartita . Distributed by ISBS. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)