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Chaucer's prayers : writing Christian and pagan devotion /
A close examination of the prayers in Chaucer's poetry sheds significant new light on his poetic practice. In a culture as steeped in communal, scripted acts of prayer as Chaucer's England, a written prayer asks not only to be read, but to be inhabited: its "I" marks a space that...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
D.S. Brewer,
2020.
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| Colección: | Chaucer studies ;
47. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: Prayer as Performance
- Practices of prayer in Late-Medieval England.
- Chapter 1: Praying to Mary. "An ABC to the Virgin": Performance and prevenience
- Marian invocations: Forming readers
- Chapter 2: Praying in Suffering.
- The Man of Law's tale: Explanations and encounters
- The Knight's Tales: Philosophy and petition
- The Franklin's Tale: Devotional uncertainties
- Chapter 3: God of Love and Love of God in Troilus and Criseyde. Praying to love
- Rejoicing in love
- Keeping the faith
- Chapter 4: Praying about Poetry. The Book of the Duchess: The poet as a reader
- The Parliament of Fowls: The poet as a craftsman
- Reader and poet in The House of Fame
- The Retraction: Writing cooperation
- Conclusion: Praying with Chaucer, Performing Chaucer.