Cleanness : structure and meaning / Jane K. Lecklider
1997, 1st edition. Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, NY, USA : D.S. Brewer. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked, paper-labeled cloth. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #426685
ISBN: 0859915190
Physical description; xi, 280 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-270) and index. Text in English and Middle English. Contents; 1. The Poems, Poet, and Audience. Cleanness: A Summary. Sir Gawain, Pearl, and Patience. Cleanness and Piers Plowman: Sources and Techniques. Source Availability and Audience. Synopsis of Sources. Contemporary Sermons -- 2. The Two Banquets. Parable and Priests. A Catalogue of 'Fautez' -- 3. The Fallen Angels and Mankind. '[th]e Fende' -- 4. The First Parents -- 5. Noah. The Flood -- 6. Abraham and Lot. Sodom and Gomorrah -- 7. The Restoration of Mankind. Mary and the Rose -- 8. The Fall of Jerusalem. Idolatry and the Gentiles. Solomon's Temple and the Advent of Christ -- 9. Belshazzar's Banquet. The Temple Vessels. Banquet and Sacrilege. Isaiah 14: The Linking Device in Cleanness -- 10. Conclusions. Parallels with the Liturgical Calendar. Source Materials -- Appendix. Evidence for Source Availability. The Manuscript Evidence. Location Table. Subjects; Lecklider, Jane K Cleanness. Purity (Middle English poem). Bible In literature. Bible. New Testament In literature. Cleanness (Middle English poem) Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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