Pearl in its setting : a critical study of the structure and meaning of the Middle English poem / by Ian Bishop
1968, First Edition. Oxford : Basil Blackwell. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #432128
Physical description; viii, 151 pages ; 23 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 128-130) and index. Contents; Introduction -- Part 1. Genre and structure. Genre ; Structure ; The conduct of the debate -- Part 2. Allegory and symbolism. The 'allegory of the theologians' ; The 'allegory of the poets' ; The 'allegory of the poets' and the interpretation of Pearl -- Part 3. Sources for the characterization of the maiden. The maiden as an innocent ; The privileges of the newly baptized ; The maiden's interpretation of the parable of the labourers in the vineyard -- Appendix: Editorial punctuation of two stanzas in Group XIV. Subjects; Pearl (Middle English poem). Pearl. Pearl Studies. To 1500. Christian poetry, English (Middle) History and criticism. Manuscripts, English (Middle) England West Midlands. Christianity and literature England History To 1500. Rhetoric, Medieval.
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