Wynnere and Wastoure

by Stephanie Trigg (Editor)

This edition of the fourteenth-century Middle English alliterative poem "Wynnere and Wastoure" provides a highly useful introduction to the manuscript discussing in detail its date, provenance, and metre. In addition, it offers a concise summary, criticism, a bibliography, a commentary, glossary, and an index of names.

Genres: Medieval, Poetry, Classics

128 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1365

Reviews

[Ruth Feiertag · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a poem I have read several times before. I read it again to prepare for giving a paper on the theme of betrayal that runs through the poem. I find the work intriguing and am likely to come back to it again.