Middle English love poetry - Dialects and origin

Seminar paper from the year 2001 in the subject Didactics - English - Literature, Works, grade: 2,0 (B), University of Potsdam (Anglistics/ American Studies), course: Middle English lovelyrics, language: English, abstract: This work deals with the historical background and the origin of Middle English Love Poetry. The origin of a poem can be discovered by taking a closer look at its language.

General information about the historical background of the period, the social and literary situation and the purpose of love poetry will be given.

The main part will illustrate, which dialects were used in poetry an literary writing. It¿ll also try to locate some well-known poems by means of dialect and social background and give a short interpretation as well.