Bibliographical Note

This Dover edition, first published in 2005, is an unabridged republication of two volumes bound as one: Volume One (A Middle English Reader) was originally published in 1921 by Oxford at the Clarendon Press under the title Fourteenth Century Verse & Prose; Volume Two (A Middle English Vocabulary), which begins on page 293 of this reprint, was originally published in 1922 by Oxford at the Clarendon Press. Tolkien’s Vocabulary was designed for use with Sisam’s Reader.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Fourteenth century verse & prose.

A Middle English reader / edited by Kenneth Sisam. And A Middle English vocabulary / J.R.R. Tolkien.

p. cm.

First work originally published: Fourteenth century verse & prose. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1921. 2nd work originally published: Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1922.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

eISBN 13: 978-0-486-13141-2

1. English literature—Middle English, 1100–1500. 2. English language—Middle English, 1100–1500—Glossaries, vocabularies, etc. 3. English language—Middle English, 1100–1500—Readers. I. Sisam, Kenneth. II. Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892–1973. Middle English vocabulary. III. Title.

PR1120.S55 2005

427′.02—dc22

2004061802

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