Medieval English Lyrics and Carols

A new and comprehensive anthology of medieval lyrics and carols, in new editions, with introduction and commentary.

Lyrics and carols are two of the most important types of medieval literature. This anthology provides a generous and wide-ranging selection, beginning with the first lyrics in English to celebrate love as romantic devotion to a woman, and including all pre-Chaucerian love lyrics (other than a few brief snatches). Poems by Chaucer and his successors present the courtly game of l...