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Author : Kari Sajavaara
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 652 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book The Middle English Translations of Robert Grosseteste's 'Chateau D'Amour'. written by Kari Sajavaara and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 652 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Abigail Wheatley
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 1903153611
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (31 download)
Download or read book The Idea of the Castle in Medieval England written by Abigail Wheatley and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2015 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Medieval castles have traditionally been examined as feats of military engineering & tools of feudal control. This book presents a different perspective, by exploring the castle as a cultural reflection of the society that produced it, seen through art & literature.
Author : Samuel Fanous
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521853435
Total Pages : 343 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (218 download)
Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Mysticism written by Samuel Fanous and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-05-12 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an excellent introduction to the individuals, events and currents which shaped medieval English mystical texts.
Author : James McEvoy
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195354176
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (953 download)
Download or read book Robert Grosseteste written by James McEvoy and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2000-09-21 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert Grosseteste (c 1168-1253) was the initiator of the English scientific tradition, one of the first chancellors of Oxford University, and a famous teacher and commentator on the newly discovered works of Aristotle. In this book, James McEvoy provides the first general, inclusive overview of the entire range of Grosseteste's massive intellectual achievement.
Author : C. William Marx
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 9780859914550
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (145 download)
Download or read book The Devil's Rights and the Redemption in the Literature of Medieval England written by C. William Marx and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 1995 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of the theory of the devil's rights in relation to medieval theology of the redemption, as this is treated in the popular literature of medieval England.
Author : Jill Mann
Publisher : DS Brewer
ISBN 13 : 1843842637
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (438 download)
Download or read book Medieval Latin and Middle English Literature written by Jill Mann and published by DS Brewer. This book was released on 2011 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fresh and provocative approaches to the literature of the middle ages, offering close readings of texts from Chaucer to Henryson, and beast fable to devotional works. Jill Mann's writing, teaching, and scholarship have transformed our understanding of two distinct fields, medieval Latin and Middle English literature, as well as their intersection. Essays in this volume seek to honour this achievement by looking at entirely new aspects of these fields (the relationship of song to affect, the political valence of classical allusion, the Latin background of Middle English devotional texts). Others look again at the literary kinds and ideas most important in Mann's own work (beast fable, the nature of allegory, the nature of "nature", the relationship of economic thought and literature, satire, language as a subject for poetry) in the poets she hasbeen most drawn to (Chaucer, Langland, Henryson). All of the essays involve close readings of the most careful kind, taking as their primary method Professor Mann's repeated injunction to attend, above all, to the"words on the page". Christopher Cannon is Professor of English, New York University; Maura Nolan is Associate Professor of English, University of California, Berkeley. Contributors: Siobhain Bly Calkin, Christopher Cannon, Rebecca Davis, Peter Dronke, A.S.G. Edwards, Elizabeth B. Edwards, Maura Nolan, Paul J. Patterson, Derek Pearsall, Ad Putter, Paul Gerhard Schmidt, James Simpson, Barry Windeatt, Nicolette Zeeman
Author : Cathy Hume
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 1843846055
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (438 download)
Download or read book Middle English Biblical Poetry written by Cathy Hume and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2021 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new analysis of the neglected genre of medieval Biblical poetry.Medieval England had a thriving culture of rewriting the Bible in art, drama, and literature in Latin, French and English. Middle English biblical poetry was central to this culture, and although these poems have suffered from critical neglect, sometimes dismissed as mere "paraphrase", they are rich, innovative and politically engaged. Read in the same gentry and noble households as secular romance, biblical poems borrow and adapt romance plots and motifs, present romance-inflected exotic settings, and share similar concerns: reputation, order, family and marriage. This book explores six poems from the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries that retell episodes from the Old Testament: the ballad-like Iacob and Iosep, two lives of Adam and Eve; an alliterative version of the Susanna story, the Pistel of Susan; and the Gawain-poet's Patience and Cleanness. Each chapter identifies new sources and influences for the poems, including from biblical glosses and manuscript illustration. The book also investigates the poems' relationships with contemporary cultures of literature and religion, including with secular romance, and offers new readings of each poem and its cultural functions, showing how they bridge the chasm between medieval Christian England and the Jews and pagans of the pre-Christian Mediterranean world. It also considers reading contexts, arguing that the poems and their manuscripts offer hints about the social class and gender of their household audiences.sses and manuscript illustration. The book also investigates the poems' relationships with contemporary cultures of literature and religion, including with secular romance, and offers new readings of each poem and its cultural functions, showing how they bridge the chasm between medieval Christian England and the Jews and pagans of the pre-Christian Mediterranean world. It also considers reading contexts, arguing that the poems and their manuscripts offer hints about the social class and gender of their household audiences.sses and manuscript illustration. The book also investigates the poems' relationships with contemporary cultures of literature and religion, including with secular romance, and offers new readings of each poem and its cultural functions, showing how they bridge the chasm between medieval Christian England and the Jews and pagans of the pre-Christian Mediterranean world. It also considers reading contexts, arguing that the poems and their manuscripts offer hints about the social class and gender of their household audiences.sses and manuscript illustration. The book also investigates the poems' relationships with contemporary cultures of literature and religion, including with secular romance, and offers new readings of each poem and its cultural functions, showing how they bridge the chasm between medieval Christian England and the Jews and pagans of the pre-Christian Mediterranean world. It also considers reading contexts, arguing that the poems and their manuscripts offer hints about the social class and gender of their household audiences.nder of their household audiences.
Author : Mark Hazard
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136719458
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (367 download)
Download or read book The Literal Sense and the Gospel of John in Late Medieval Commentary and Literature written by Mark Hazard and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-12-16 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on the famous Medieval commentator Nicolas of Lyra and the anonymous Middle English biblical adaptation of the Gospel of John, the Cursor Mundi, this book examines the development of the analytical tools of biblical literary criticism showing how late Medieval commentators negotiated the paradoxical interdependence of the literal and spiritual senses, as transmitted by traditional and inherited vocabularies, through a focus on narrative structure. Mark Hazard combines an enlightening account of the actual practice of professional commentators, the history of Gospel interpretation and cultural history to reveal that remarkable shift in the treatment of the Bible that modern scholars would regard as having laid the groundwork for the historical-critical methods in biblical research. As such this book sheds light not only on the 14th century practice of biblical interpretation, but will also be of value to those currenlty engaged in reading and writing about the bible.
Author : Richard Jordan
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110879417
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (18 download)
Download or read book Handbook of the Middle English Grammar: Phonology written by Richard Jordan and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2019-01-29 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No detailed description available for "Handbook of the Middle English Grammar: Phonology".
Author : Marilyn Corrie
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118835972
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (188 download)
Download or read book A Concise Companion to Middle English Literature written by Marilyn Corrie and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-12-24 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This concise companion examines contexts that are essential to understanding and interpreting writing in English produced in the period between approximately 1100 and 1500. The essays in the book explore ways in which Middle English literature is 'different' from the literature of other periods. The book includes discussion of such issues as the religious and historical background to Middle English literature, the circumstances and milieux in which it was produced, its linguistic features, and the manuscripts in which it has been preserved. Amongst the great range of writers and writings discussed, the book considers the works of the most widely read Middle English author, Chaucer, against the background of the period that he both typifies and subverts. An accessible resource that examines contexts essential to understanding and interpreting writing of the Middle English period Chapters explore the distinctiveness of Middle English literature Brings together discussion and analysis by an international team of Middle English specialists, incorporating fresh material and new insights Includes analysis of Chaucer's writings, and considers them in relation to the work of his Middle English predecessors, contemporaries and successors Incorporates discussion of issues steering the perception of Middle English literature in the present day
Author : Azzan Yadin-Israel
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226833453
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (268 download)
Download or read book Temptation Transformed written by Azzan Yadin-Israel and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2024-03-08 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A "brisk and entertaining" (Wall Street Journal) journey into the mystery behind why the forbidden fruit became an apple, upending an explanation that stood for centuries. How did the apple, unmentioned by the Bible, become the dominant symbol of temptation, sin, and the Fall? Temptation Transformed pursues this mystery across art and religious history, uncovering where, when, and why the forbidden fruit became an apple. Azzan Yadin-Israel reveals that Eden’s fruit, once thought to be a fig or a grape, first appears as an apple in twelfth-century French art. He then traces this image back to its source in medieval storytelling. Though scholars often blame theologians for the apple, accounts of the Fall written in commonly spoken languages—French, German, and English—influenced a broader audience than cloistered Latin commentators. Azzan Yadin-Israel shows that, over time, the words for “fruit” in these languages narrowed until an apple in the Garden became self-evident. A wide-ranging study of early Christian thought, Renaissance art, and medieval languages, Temptation Transformed offers an eye-opening revisionist history of a central religious icon.
Author : Anna Baldwin
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350310042
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (53 download)
Download or read book A Guidebook to Piers Plowman written by Anna Baldwin and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2007-03-21 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Langland's poem Piers Plowman is one of the most popular and widely-studied Middle English works. This comprehensive, readable guide leads the student chronologically through the entire text and is designed to be read alongside it. Assuming no previous knowledge, readers are introduced to characters, plot and argument in way that enables them to enjoy and analyse the text for themselves. A Guidebook to 'Piers Plowman': - Clarifies and explores Langland's thinking - Contextualises the religious, political and social issues he raises - Details the genres and sources the poet uses - Employs up-to-date bibliographical knowledge to offer alternative critical interpretations and suggest ways of relating these to the poet's key concerns - Explains Langland's historical, theological and psychological assumptions in helpful inserted text boxes - Features illustrations and suggestions for further reading Concise and approachable, this is an invaluable tool to help students appreciate the originality and modernity of Langland's poetry.
Author : Julia Boffey
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198839685
Total Pages : 593 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (988 download)
Download or read book The Oxford History of Poetry in English written by Julia Boffey and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2023-05-18 with total page 593 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Oxford History of Poetry in English is designed to offer a fresh, multi-voiced, and comprehensive analysis of 'poetry': from Anglo-Saxon culture through contemporary British, Irish, American, and Global culture, including English, Scottish, and Welsh poetry, Anglo-American colonial and post-colonial poetry, and poetry in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the Caribbean, India, Africa, Asia, and other international locales. The series both synthesizes existing scholarship and presents cutting-edge research, employing a global team of expert contributors for each of the fourteen volumes. This volume explores the developing range of English verse in the century after the death of Chaucer in 1400, years that saw both change and consolidation in traditions of poetic writing in English in the regions of Britain. Chaucer himself was an important shaping presence in the poetry of this period, providing a stimulus to imitation and to creative expansion of the modes he had favoured. In addition to assessing his role, this volume considers a range of literary factors significant to the poetry of the century, including verse forms, literary language, translation, and the idea of the author. It also signals features of the century's history that were important for the production of English verse: responses to wars at home and abroad, dynastic uncertainty, and movements towards religious reform, as well as technological innovations such as the introduction of printing, which brought influential changes to the transmission and reception of verse writing. The volume is shaped to include chapters on the contexts and forms of poetry in English, on the important genres of verse produced in the period, on some of the fifteenth-century's major writers (Lydgate, Hoccleve, Dunbar, and Henryson), and a consideration of the influence of the verse of this century on what was to follow.
Author : John Marenbon
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9789004119642
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (196 download)
Download or read book Poetry and Philosophy in the Middle Ages written by John Marenbon and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of essays written by pupils, friends and colleagues of Professor Peter Dronke, to honour him on his retirement. The essays address the question of the relationship between poetry and philosophy in the Middle Ages. Contributors include Walter Berschin, Charles Burnett, Stephen Gersh, Michael Herren, Edouard Jeauneau, David Luscombe, Paul Gerhardt Schmidt, Joe Trapp, Jill Mann, Claudio Orlandi and John Marenbon. It is an important collection for both philosophical and literary specialists; scholars, graduate students and under-graduates in Medieval Literature and in Medieval Philosophy.
Author : Anne Savage
Publisher : Paulist Press
ISBN 13 : 9780809132577
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (325 download)
Download or read book Anchoritic Spirituality written by Anne Savage and published by Paulist Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sometime in the first quarter of the 13th century a number of works were written for anchoresses, women who lived as religious recluses in cells adjoining churches. The most influential is Ancrene Wisse (A Guide for Anchoresses), which discusses in great detail the daily life of the anchoress, both outer and inner. This work gives a detailed sense of a powerful and multi-faceted spirituality different from that of other mystics.
Author : Beryl Rowland
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000680843
Total Pages : 425 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (6 download)
Download or read book Chaucer and Middle English Studies written by Beryl Rowland and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-09-18 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1974. The thirty-six essays of this book were written and assembled in hour of an internationally recognised scholar of medieval literature. Written by a diverse range of contributors, the chapters cover not only various studies of aspects of Chaucer’s poetry, but also some other medieval authors and investigations about the period, particularly referencing carols and hymns.
Author : Rebecca Davis
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019108428X
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Piers Plowman and the Books of Nature written by Rebecca Davis and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-09-15 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Piers Plowman and the Books of Nature explores the relationship of divine creativity, poetry, and ethics in William Langland's fourteenth-century dream vision. These concerns converge in the poem's rich vocabulary of kynde, the familiar Middle English word for nature, broadly construed. But in a remarkable coinage, Langland also uses kynde to name nature's creator, who appears as a character in Piers Plowman. The stakes of this representation could not be greater: by depicting God as Kynde, that is, under the guise of creation itself, Langland explores the capacity of nature and of language to bear the plenitude of the divine. In doing so, he advances a daring claim for the spiritual value of literary art, including his own searching form of theological poetry. This claim challenges recent critical attention to the poem's discourses of disability and failure and reveals the poem's place in a long and diverse tradition of medieval humanism that originates in the twelfth century and, indeed, points forward to celebrations of nature and natural capacity in later periods. By contextualizing Langland's poetics of kynde within contemporary literary, philosophical, legal, and theological discourses, Rebecca Davis offers a new literary history for Piers Plowman that opens up many of the poem's most perplexing interpretative problems.
