The Style of John Wyclifs English Sermons

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Context: Fourteenth-Century Prose -- 3. The Purpose: Wyclif's Views on Preaching -- 4. The Translations: The Sermon Texts and the Wycliffite Bible -- 5. The Words: Diction, Allusion and Irony -- 6. The Structures: The Sermon and the Sentence -- 7. The Mysti Wits: Allegory and Metaphor -- 8. The Medieval Mind: Scholasticism and Folklore -- 9. Conclusion -- Appendix A. On e Firste Friday aftir Octave of welfe Day -- Appendix B: Table of Sentence Lengths -- Appendix C -- Bibliography