Ten Bourdes

Furrow presents fresh editions of 10 humorous poems, bourdes, from the 15th century for learners of Middle English, divided into tales of white magic, fiends and risen corpses, Arthurian bourdes, and kings and commoners. Marginal glosses as well as a consolidated glossary are provided, along with textual and explanatory notes and introductions. With one substitution, these are the poems in her very scholarly 1985 Ten Fifteen-Century Comic Poems, informed by nearly a generation of scholarship. Medieval Institute Publications is at Western Michigan University. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)