Medieval Alliterative Poetry Essays in Honour of Thorlac Turville-Petre

This collection of essays celebrates Professor Thorlac Turville-Petre for his scholarly work in late medieval English literature, in particular for his contributions to editorial scholarship and Middle English alliterative poetry. Contents: Robert Adams (Sam Houston State U), Langland and the Devotio Moderna; J.A. Burrow (Bristol U), New lives of Piers Plowman; Michael Calabrese (California State U), Alliterative wombs; Hoyt N. Duggan (U Virginia), The end of the alliterative line; A.S.G. Edwards (De Montfort U), The Blage manuscript and alliterative verse in the 16th century; Andrew Galloway (Cornell U), The Siege of Jerusalem and its sources; Ralph Hanna (Keble College, Oxford), The tree of charity again; Judith J. Jefferson (Bristol U), The table of contents in Cambridge MS Gg.4.31; Derek Pearsall (York U), The C-text of Piers Plowman; Ad Putter (Bristol U), leanness and the tradition of biblical versification; Nicola Royan (U Nottingham), The alliterative Awntyrs stanza in Older

J.A. Burrow, FBA, is professor emeritus at Bristol University. Hoyt N. Duggan is professor emeritus at the University of Virginia.