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Becoming the Pearl-Poet
Perceptions, Connections, Receptions
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2022
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Who is the Pearl-poet? How do ideas about his life and interpretations of his poems shape our understanding of his work in late-medieval England—and beyond? In Becoming the Pearl-Poet: Perceptions, Connections, Receptions, readers can explore the world of this extraordinary, fourteenth-century writer. In Part I, “Perceptions,” five scholars give insightful literary analyses of the narrative poems attributed to the poet: Pearl, Cleanness, Patience, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, and St. Erkenwald. In Part II, “Connections,” six scholars examine connections between these diverse poems, focusing on authorship, ecology, material culture, sartorial adornment, shields, and the poet’s pastoral theology. In Part III, “Receptions,” scholars consider the illustrations of the Pearl Manuscript (British Library MS Cotton Nero A.x), the poet’s cultural situatedness in the Northwest Midlands and Ricardian court, his religious contexts, later translations and paraphrases of his work, and his medieval and modern audiences. Intended for students and scholars alike, this book encourages readers to gain a deeper understanding of the Pearl-poet and his world, learning many new things and enjoying old things in a new way.
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Copyright year
2022
ISBN-Print
978-1-7936-4675-0
ISBN-Online
978-1-7936-4676-7
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
292
Product type
Edited Book
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Contents No access
Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 10
The Dreamer’s Contemplative Experience of the Mappamundi in Pearl1 No access
Temperance and the Evolution of Concupiscible Vice in Cleanness No access
“Þay ar happen also þat con her hert stere”: Virtue and Nautical Metaphor in Patience1 No access
The Failure of Perfection in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight No access
St. Erkenwald No access
Authorship No access
Ecology in the Pearl-Poet No access
Material Culture of the Pearl-Poet No access
Sartorial Adornment in the Pearl Poems No access
Switching Shields in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight No access
The Pastoral Theology of the Pearl-Poet No access
The Illustrations in London, British Library, MS Cotton Nero A.x (Part 2) No access
The Northwest Midlands and the Ricardian Court No access
