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Preachers, Poets, and the Early English Lyric /

The Middle English lyric is intimately related to late medieval preaching, not only because many lyrical poems have been preserved in sermon manuscripts, but also because preaching furnished a unique opportunity to create and utilize poems. Preachers, Poets, and the Early English Lyric explores this...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Wenzel, Siegfried, 1928- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1986]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • 1. Preachers and Poets
  • 2. The Medieval Hymn Tradition
  • 3. The Sermon as an Art Form
  • 4. The Oeuvre of Friar John of Grimestone
  • 5. Grimestone the Lyricist
  • 6. Complaint Verses and Oral Traditions
  • 7. Love Sacred and Profane
  • 8. Preachers or Poets
  • Index of Manuscripts Cited
  • Index of First Lines
  • General Index.