Altercatio inter filomenam et bubonem

aka The Ule and the Nyhtegale; The Altercation between the Owl and the Nightingale

The Owl and the Nightingale

Author

Unknown

Language

Middle English

Year

c. 12th-13th century

Country

England

Genre

Epic / Long-form / Standalone Poem

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The Owl and the Nightingale is a twelfth- or thirteenth-century Middle English poem detailing a debate between an owl and a nightingale as overheard by the poem's narrator. It is the earliest example in Middle English of a literary form known as debate poetry.