Middle English Literature

• Background
• The Early Period
• Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (c. 1375 - 1400)
• WILLIAM LANGLAND ( c. 1330 - 1387)
• Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343 - 1400)
• Italian Period
• John Gower (c. 1330? - 1408) - English poet.
• SIR THOMAS MALORY (c. 1405 - 1471)
• King Arthur - Legendary Character / Royalty
• The Fifteenth Century
• WILLIAM CAXTON AND THE INTRODUCTION OF PRINTING TO ENGLAND, 1476.
• The Medieval Drama
• TROPES, LITURGICAL PLAYS, AND MYSTERY PLAYS.
• THE MORALITY PLAYS.
• THE INTERLUDES.
• THE LATER INFLUENCE OF THE MEDIEVAL DRAMA.