Middle English Oxford Twenty-First Century Approaches to Literature
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Paul Strohm is Anna S. Garbedian Professor of Humanities at Columbia University. He was previously J.R.R. Tolkien Professor of English Language and Literature at the University of Oxford, and, before that, taught at Indiana University for many years.Middle English Oxford Twenty-First Century Approaches to Literature
Few recent collections of essays have proved as stimulating as this one
Anglia
Through skilful channelling of individual energies, sometimes in unexpected directions, Strohm has encouraged a huge crew of twenty-nine scholars, both young and established, to think afresh about their subject. The very titles of the essays ('Form', 'Beauty', 'Feeling') make one delirious with expectation: there is challenge without routine 'subversion', innovation without empty theorising, richly comprehensive coverage, and good writing of many kinds. The choice of contributors shows an encyclopaedic knowledge of the field, and the direction given to them has obviously been a stimulus to them to surpass themselves. Throughout there is ample display of the literary riches of the period, combined with an invigorating freedom of approach and a sense of hopeful endeavour.
Derek Pearsall
Few recent collections of essays have proved as stimulating as this one
Anglia
Through skilful channelling of individual energies, sometimes in unexpected directions, Strohm has encouraged a huge crew of twenty-nine scholars, both young and established, to think afresh about their subject. The very titles of the essays ('Form', 'Beauty', 'Feeling') make one delirious with expectation: there is challenge without routine 'subversion', innovation without empty theorising, richly comprehensive coverage, and good writing of many kinds. The choice of contributors shows an encyclopaedic knowledge of the field, and the direction given to them has obviously been a stimulus to them to surpass themselves. Throughout there is ample display of the literary riches of the period, combined with an invigorating freedom of approach and a sense of hopeful endeavour.
Derek Pearsall