Medieval Allegory and the Building of the New Jerusalem
Title | Medieval Allegory and the Building of the New Jerusalem PDF eBook |
Author | Ann Raftery Meyer |
Publisher | DS Brewer |
Pages | 230 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 9780859917964 |
The chantry movement in late medieval England is situated in this context, and leads to a demonstration of the movement's associations with the highly-wrought poem Pearl and its companion poems; the book analyses Pearl as medieval architecture, offering fresh perspectives on its elaborate construction and historical context."--BOOK JACKET.
Victorian Visions of Suburban Utopia
Title | Victorian Visions of Suburban Utopia PDF eBook |
Author | Nathaniel Robert Walker |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 577 |
Release | 2020-11-26 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0198861443 |
A study of British and American Utopian writing of the 1800s in the context of developments in real architectural, political, and cultural life. The book studies utopian visions published in the UK and the USA in the 1800s by writers such Robert Owen, James Silk Buckingham, Edward Bellamy, and William Morris.
The Signifying Power of Pearl
Title | The Signifying Power of Pearl PDF eBook |
Author | Jane Beal |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 293 |
Release | 2016-12-08 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 131719425X |
This book enhances our understanding of the exquisitely beautiful, fourteenth-century, Middle English dream vision poem Pearl. Situating the study in the contexts of medieval literary criticism and contemporary genre theory, Beal argues that the poet intended Pearl to be read at four levels of meaning and in four corresponding genres: literally, an elegy; spiritually, an allegory; morally, a consolation; and anagogically, a revelation. The book addresses cruxes and scholarly debates about the poem’s genre and meaning, including key questions that have been unresolved in Pearl studies for over a century: * What is the nature of the relationship between the Dreamer and the Maiden? * What is the significance of allusions to Ovidian love stories and the use of liturgical time in the poem? * How does avian symbolism, like that of the central symbol of the pearl, develop, transform, and add meaning throughout the dream vision? * What is the nature of God portrayed in the poem, and how does the portrayal of the Maiden’s intimate relationship to God, her spiritual marriage to the Lamb, connect to the poet’s purpose in writing? Noting that the poem is open to many interpretations, Beal also considers folktale genre patterns in Pearl, including those drawn from parable, fable, and fairy-tale. The conclusion considers Pearl in the light of modern psychological theories of grieving and trauma. This book makes a compelling case for re-reading Pearl and recognizing the poem’s signifying power. Given the ongoing possibility of new interpretations, it will appeal to those who specialize in Pearl as well as scholars of Middle English, Medieval Literature, Genre Theory, and Literature and Religion.
Type and Archetype in Late Antique and Byzantine Art and Architecture
Title | Type and Archetype in Late Antique and Byzantine Art and Architecture PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 316 |
Release | 2023-02-13 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9004537783 |
This book presents new approaches to the study of typology in Late Antique and Byzantine art and architecture and highlights the importance of type and archetype in constructing architecture and image theories.
Becoming the Pearl-poet
Title | Becoming the Pearl-poet PDF eBook |
Author | Jane Beal |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Pages | 305 |
Release | 2022 |
Genre | English poetry |
ISBN | 1793646767 |
"From Becoming the Pearl-Poet, students and scholars alike can learn about the Pearl-poet and the five poems attributed to him, Pearl, Cleanness, Patience, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, and St Erkenwald, exploring key ideas that will inform a deeper understanding and appreciation of this medieval English writer's work"--
Thinking and Seeing with Women in Revelation
Title | Thinking and Seeing with Women in Revelation PDF eBook |
Author | Lynn R. Huber |
Publisher | A&C Black |
Pages | 218 |
Release | 2013-09-12 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0567064182 |
Lynn R. Huber argues that the visionary aspect of Revelation, with its use of metaphorical thinking and language, is the crux of the text's persuasive power. Emerging from a context that employs imagery to promote imperial mythologies, Revelation draws upon a long tradition of using feminine imagery as a tool of persuasion. It does so even while shaping a community identity in contrast to the dominant culture and in exclusive relationship with the Lamb. By drawing upon the work of medieval and modern visionaries, Huber answers a call to examine the way 'real' readers engage with biblical texts. Revealing how Revelation continues to persuade audiences through appeals to the visual and provocative imagery she offers a new sense of how the text metaphorical language simultaneously limits and invites new meaning, unfurling a range of interpretations.
Approaches to Teaching the Middle English Pearl
Title | Approaches to Teaching the Middle English Pearl PDF eBook |
Author | Jane Beal |
Publisher | Modern Language Association |
Pages | 342 |
Release | 2018-01-01 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 1603292934 |
The moving, richly allegorical poem Pearl was likely written by the anonymous poet who also penned Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. In it, a man in a garden, grieving the loss of a beloved pearl, dreams of the Pearl-Maiden, who appears across a stream. She teaches him the nature of innocence, God's grace, meekness, and purity. Though granted a vision of the New Jerusalem by the Pearl-Maiden, the dreamer is pained to discover that he cannot cross the stream himself and join her in bliss--at least not yet. This extraordinary poem is a door into late medieval poetics and Catholic piety. Part 1 of this volume, "Materials," introduces instructors to the many resources available for teaching the canonical yet challenging Pearl, including editions, translations, and scholarship on the poem as well as its historical context. The essays in part 2, "Approaches," offer instructors tools for introducing students to critical issues associated with the poem, such as its authorship, sources and analogues, structure and language, and relation to other works of its time. Contributors draw on interdisciplinary approaches to outline ways of teaching Pearl in a variety of classroom contexts.