Symbolism, Allegory, and Autobiography in the Pearl
Title | Symbolism, Allegory, and Autobiography in the Pearl PDF eBook |
Author | William Henry Schofield |
Publisher | |
Pages | 108 |
Release | 1909 |
Genre | Pearl (Middle English poem) |
ISBN |
Symbolism, Allegory, and Autobiography in the Pearl
Title | Symbolism, Allegory, and Autobiography in the Pearl PDF eBook |
Author | William Henry Schofield |
Publisher | Trieste Publishing |
Pages | 104 |
Release | 2017-08-28 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9780649428199 |
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The Signifying Power of Pearl
Title | The Signifying Power of Pearl PDF eBook |
Author | Jane Beal |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Pages | 206 |
Release | 2016-12-08 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1317194268 |
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.
The Politics of Pearl
Title | The Politics of Pearl PDF eBook |
Author | John M. Bowers |
Publisher | Boydell & Brewer Ltd |
Pages | 262 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 9780859915991 |
Close analysis of the poem reveals extensive allusion to contemporary social, religious and political events.
The Complete Works of the Pearl Poet
Title | The Complete Works of the Pearl Poet PDF eBook |
Author | Malcolm Andrew |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Pages | 490 |
Release | 1993-04-06 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0520078713 |
"Finch's translations will add much to the pleasure and value of teaching and learning late medieval English history."—Robert Brentano, author of Two Churches "Casey Finch has found an idiom in which these poems can speak Modern English, and in doing so can convey the most elusive and complex effects of the originals. . . . He has conveyed the vitality of these poems in a verse that is as assured, gracious, blunt, urgent, plangent, rich, and perpetually surprising as that of the unknown poet or poets who made them. These brilliant poems have at last found a craftsman who understands the secrets of their intricate luminosity, a faithful steward of a distinctive verbal treasure of the language. In this translation these poems shine as brightly and clearly as they did when newly made, pearls without peer in English."—Anne Middleton, University of California, Berkeley
Symbolic Imagery in Pearl
Title | Symbolic Imagery in Pearl PDF eBook |
Author | William J Knightley |
Publisher | |
Pages | 544 |
Release | 1959 |
Genre | Pearl (Middle English poem) |
ISBN |
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"--