A
Achebe, Chinua (1930– ) 423, 425
Ackroyd, Peter (1949– ) 381, 411,
428
‘Adam lay y-bounden’ 67
Addison, Joseph (1672–1719) 7, 182,
183, 184–6, 206, 208, 214
Advent Lyrics 26
Ælfric (c.955–c.1020) 19, 26, 27, 29,
34, 88
aestheticism 242, 280, 312–14, 321–8
Alamanni, Luigi (1495–1556) 84, 85,
86
Aldhelm (c.640–709) 13, 17, 20
Aldington, Richard (1895–1962)
339, 343,349, 363, 365
Alfred (d.899), King of Wessex
(871–99) 2, 4, 13, 15, 17, 19, 20,
22, 23, 26, 27–9, 34, 37, 40, 81,
401
Ali, Monica (1967– ) 405
allegory 46, 49 53, 92,99, 166, 167,
374–5
alliterative verse 22, 42
Alliterative Morte 68–9
Alphege,Archbishop of Canterbury
(d.1012) 35
‘Alysoun’ 45–6
Amis, Kingsley (1922–1993) 373,
379, 388, 389, 392–3, 395, 408,
410
Amis,Martin (1949–) 411, 412, 425
Ancrene Riwle (Ancrene Wisse) 39, 48
Andreas 25, 26
Andrewes, Lancelot, Bishop of
Winchester (1555–1628) 91,
146, 147–8
‘Anglo-Saxon’ 15
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, The 15, 19,
27,29, 37Angles/Angels 24
Areopagus 92, 158
Ariosto, Ludovico (1474–1535) 78,
91, 98, 99
Aristotle (384–322 BC) 45, 98, 99,
106, 119, 128, 129, 168, 174, 191,
382
Armitage, Simon (1963– ) 397, 409
Arnold,Matthew (1822–1888) 13,
95, 191, 216, 219, 230, 235, 261,
262, 264, 271, 272, 278–9, 288,
301, 307, 313, 354, 368
Arthurian writings 36, 41, 42–3, 51,
54, 68, 69, 70, 89, 98, 275, 357,
362, 376, 432, 433
Ascension 26
Ascham, Roger (c.1515–1568) 80,89,
97
Astell, Mary (1666–1731) 176, 197
Aubrey, John (1626–1697) 110, 174,
175
Auchinleck manuscript (c.1330) 43
Auden, W.H. (1907–1973) 14, 274,
355, 356, 357, 363, 365, 366–8,
369, 373, 376, 378, 379, 380, 395,
396, 397, 407, 408
Augustanism 164, 172, 181, 184, 218,
245
Augustine of Hippo, St (354–430) 18,
27, 28, 44, 45, 46, 50, 62, 87, 199
Austen, Jane (1775–1817) 1, 3, 44,
93, 163, 184, 201, 222, 224, 227,
238, 248, 250–3, 263, 264, 288,
290, 296, 297, 300, 346, 361, 404,
421
Emma 252, 413
Mansfield Park 250, 252
Northanger Abbey 250–1
Persuasion 250, 251–3
Pride and Prejudice 251Authority in medieval literature 45
autobiography 127, 162, 166, 175,
246, 266, 268, 270, 276, 287, 295,
299, 302, 303, 373, 387, 417
Ayckbourn, Alan (1939– ) 381, 386,
406, 420B
Bacon,Sir Francis (1561–1626) 79,
103, 146–8
Bainbridge, Beryl (1932–2010)
419–20
Ballard, J.G. (1930–2000) 417
Barbour, J ohn (c.1325–1395) 42, 72
Barker, Pat (1943– ) 421
Barnes, Julian (1946– ) 401, 402,
411,412–14, 418, 419, 420
Barnes, Rev. William (1801–1886)
261, 338
Barrie,J.M. (1860–1937) 5, 311, 328,
329, 377, 378
Battle of Brunanburh 19, 32, 33
Battle of Maldon 19, 33, 34
Baxter, Richard (1615–1691) 167,
174
Beardsley, Aubrey (1872–1898) 312,
369
Beaumont, Sir Francis (1584–1616)
141, 142
Beckett, Samuel (1906–1989) 5, 8,
342, 363, 365, 373, 378–84, 385
Beckford, William (1759–1844) 204,
211
Bede, St (676–735) 13, 14, 15, 16–17,
19, 20–1, 24, 26, 27, 88
Beerbohm, Max (1872–1956) 314,
316, 335
Behn,Aphra (1640–1689) 6, 168,
169, 174, 176, 177
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