Medieval and Renaissance Poets: Langland to Spenser

This volume contains a helpful guide to the poems in Middle English, and footnote glossaries of unfamiliar words.

The poetry in this book represents that portion of the great poetry of Europe written from the fourteenth to the sixteenth century in Middle English or English. Although it began in the Middle Ages, it contains special meanings for us today. It helps rediscover the unity that was then felt between the individual and society. The volume is enriched by Auden brilliant introduction and by a special glossary to the unfamiliar words of the Middle English period.