Directory of Middle English Resources

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The Middle English period of English literature (1100-1500) includes several great authors, such as Chaucer, Langland, the Pearl Poet, and Malory. It also includes a large body of secular and religious lyrics, dramas, and romances.

Subcategories

• Anonymous Works
• Chaucer, Geoffrey
• Gower, John
• Langland, William
• Language
• Lydgate, John
• Malory, Thomas
• Other Authors
• Pearl Poet

Resources in This Category

• Anthology of Middle English Literature (1350-1485)

  http://www.luminarium.org/medlit/
  Includes Chaucer, Gower, the Pearl Poet, Langland, Julian of Norwich, Kempe, Malory, Lydgate, Hoccleve, and the Paston family. The page for each author includes links to online texts, biographies, essays and articles, online resources, and other materials. The anthology also includes Everyman and other Middle English plays as well as Middle English lyrics. At the Luminarium site.

• Bibliotheca Augustana

  http://www.hs-augsburg.de/~harsch/anglica/Chronology/e_chrono.html
  Selection of Middle English and Old English texts.

• Cambridge History of English and American Literature: Middle English Period

  http://www.bartleby.com/211/0801.html
  Volume 1, Chapters 8-20 and Volume 2, Chapters 1-18. Covers every aspect of Middle English literature and discusses the major authors and literary works of the period.

• Camelot Project

  http://d.lib.rochester.edu/camelot-project
  Arthurian legends and stories from the Middle English period and other periods.

• Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse

  http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/cme/
  A large collection of Middle English texts at the University of Michigan. The "Browse the Corpus" link gives access to all the texts in the corpus. A search engine enables full-text searches across the corpus.

• Hannah Scot Manuscripts

  http://www.eleusinianm.co.uk/ScotMS/
  Two volumes of Middle English tales, legends, and Breton lais in modern English translations.

• In Parentheses Arthurian Series

  http://www.yorku.ca/inpar/Arthurian.html
  Modern English translations of Middle English texts concerning King Arthur and his knights. Also includes some non-English texts.

• In Parentheses Middle English Series

  http://www.yorku.ca/inpar/Middle_English.html
  Modern English translations of Middle English texts.

• Internet Medieval Sourcebook

  http://legacy.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook.asp
  Includes items from the Middle English period.

• Labyrinth: Middle English

  https://blogs.commons.georgetown.edu/labyrinth/categories/english-middle/
  Provides resources for Middle English studies, including original texts of literary works.

• Middle English Lyrics

  http://www.luminarium.org/medlit/lyrics.htm
  Provides online texts of a large number of Middle English lyrics. Also includes web resources, essays, and articles.

• Middle English Plays

  http://www.luminarium.org/medlit/plays.htm
  Includes an introduction to Middle English drama, online texts of a large number of plays, essays, articles, and additional web resources.

• NetSERF: Medieval Literature

  http://www.netserf.org/Literature/
  Provides a variety of resources for the study of medieval European literature, including that produced by Middle English authors. Includes links to texts and a search engine.

• Online Medieval and Classical Library

  http://omacl.org/
  Includes original texts from the Middle English period.

• Readings in Middle English

  http://www.arts.gla.ac.uk/STELLA/apps/web/readings/middle-english/
  Sound recordings of selected prose and poetic texts. Each recording is accompanied by the Middle English text and in several cases by a parallel Modern English translation.

• TEAMS Middle English Texts

  http://d.lib.rochester.edu/teams
  A large collection of Middle English texts, collectively known as the Middle English Text Series (METS). The "METS Texts" link gives access to all the texts in the series. The apparatus for each text includes an introduction, the text, marginal glosses, and notes. A search engine is also included. From TEAMS (The Consortium for the Teaching of the Middle Ages).

• Voice of the Shuttle

  http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=2740
  Provides extensive resources for the study of Middle English and Old English literature.

• Wessex Parallel WebTexts

  http://www.southampton.ac.uk/~wpwt/
  Provides self-contained editions of short Middle English works, with special emphasis on the Harley lyrics. In most cases, each edition includes an introduction, the Middle English text, parallel modern English translation, notes, and glossary.

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