The owl and the nightingale : the poem and its critics - Hume, Kathryn, 1945- (Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, 1975)
1. Some problems of text, date, authorship, and interpretation -- 2. The avian nature of the protagonists -- 3. The significance of the debate form -- 4. Intellectual and religious interpretations -- 5. Historical and political interpretations -- 6. Structure and sequential impact -- 7. The potentialities of burlesque-satire interpretation -- 8. Conclusions.
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Keywords: Owl and the nightingale (Middle English poem); Owl and the nightingale; Owl and the nightingale (Middle English poem); The owl and the nightingale; Owl and the nightingale; Debate poetry, English (Middle) -- History and criticism; Civilization, Medieval, in literature; Birds in literature; Civilisation médiévale dans la littérature.; Oiseaux dans la littérature.; POETRY -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Birds in literature; Civilization, Medieval, in literature; Debate poetry, English (Middle); Criticism, interpretation, etc