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OLD & MIDDLE ENGLISH READING LIST
I. Old English
Caedmon
Anonymous
Beowulf (complete)
The Dream of the Rood
The Seafarer; The Wanderer
The Wife's Lament
The Battle of Maldon
The Battle of Brunanburgh
II. Middle English
Anonymous, The Ancrene Riwle, Parts VI & VII Pearl Poet
John Gower
William Langland
Geoffrey Chaucer
Sir Thomas Malory
Margery Kempe
Julian of Norwich
Romances
The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnell
Lyrics
Selections from One Hundred Middle English Lyrics, ed. Robert D. Stevick
Drama
Two plays
III. Latin and Continental
Boethius
Geoffrey of Monmouth
Chretien de Troyes
Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun
Dante Alighieri
Boccaccio
For more information, contact:
Ms. Alyson Everhart
Administrative Assistant to Graduate Studies in English
3137 MHRA
(336) 334-5311
