02174cam a22002893u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000390011324500500015226400510020230000470025333600260030033700260032633800360035250000310038850801890041952011630060853400450177165300250181685600430184148355UtSlPG20260610134118.0mcr n260607r2015||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPN1 aShackford, Martha Hale,d1875-196310aLegends and Satires from Mediæval Literature 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2015  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2015-02-25  aProduced by Chris Curnow, MWS and the Online Distributed
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Internet Archive)  a"Legends and Satires from Mediæval Literature" by Martha Hale Shackford is a scholarly collection of translations prepared for college students studying English poetry from the fourteenth century, likely written in the early 20th century. It compiles various poems and narratives from medieval literature, including debates, visions, pious tales, and saints' lives, thus providing an engaging glimpse into the themes and styles of the time.  The opening of the book introduces readers to its purpose, which is to make medieval literature more accessible through modern translations. Shackford provides a preface explaining the difficulty in obtaining authentic texts for study and justifies the selection of pieces that are illustrative of common literary types from Chaucer's era. Among the initial content are reflections on the nature of man's body and soul, drawing on allegorical imagery to convey spiritual and philosophical themes. It sets the stage for the subsequent legends and narratives that humorously and solemnly explore love, morality, and spirituality in the context of medieval belief systems. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aLiterature, Medieval40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/48355