Download or read book The Lost Literature of Medieval England written by R. M. Wilson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-07-08 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1952 The Lost Literature of Medieval England provides an account of lost masterpieces of medieval English literature. The book examines the evidence for their existence and pieces together a fuller understanding of the literary traditions of the period. In more specific detail, the book looks at the concept of Christian epics and religious and didactic literature, as well as the drama and the lyrical poetry of the period.