<p>These excerpts from works of philosophy and religion, history and drama, fiction, poetry, and other genres introduce the many facets of medieval literature. The anthology opens with chapters from <i>The Confessions of St. Augustine, </i> the first Western biography and a model for Christian writers throughout the Middle Ages. Book One of Boethius' <i>The </i><i>Consolation of Philosophy</i> follows, along with selections from the Venerable Bede's <i>The Ecclesiastical History of the English People</i> and the Old English epic poem, <i>Beowulf.<br></i>Other selections include <i>The Story of My Misfortunes</i> by Peter Abélard; <i>Medieval Lays and Legends of Marie de France</i>; The Lady of the Fountain and The Dream of Rhonabwy from Lady Charlotte E. Guest's <i>The Mabinogion</i>; three stories from Boccaccio's <i>Decameron</i>; The Reeve's Tale, The Cook's Tale, and The Lawyer's Tale from Chaucer's <i>Canterbury Tales</i>; Book One of Thomas à Kempis' <i>The Imitation of Christ</i>; and the anonymous fifteenth-century morality play <i>Everyman.<br></i><b>www.doverpublications.com</b></p>
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