The Style of John Wyclif’s 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 þe Firste Friday aftir Octave of Τwelfþe Day -- Appendix B: Table of Sentence Lengths -- Appendix C -- Bibliography