Becoming the Pearl-Poet - Perceptions, Connections, Receptions

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.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Becoming the Pearl-Poet, Jane Beal
Part I: Perceptions
Chapter One: The Dreamer's Contemplative Experience of a Mappamundi in Pearl, Jane Beal
Chapter Two: Temperance and the Evolution of Concupiscible Vice in Cleanness, Corey Owen
Chapter Three: "Þay ar happen also þat con her hert stere": Virtue and Nautical Metaphor in Patience, M. W. Brumit
Chapter Four: The Failure of Perfection in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight , Mickey Sweeney
Chapter Five: St. Erkenwald, Michael D.C. Drout, Jonathan B. Gerkin, and Scott Kleinman
Part II: Connections
Chapter Six: Authorship: What Does the Pearl-Poet Tell Us About Himself?, Ethan Campbell
Chapter Seven: Ecology in the Pearl-Poet, Elizabeth Allen
Chapter Eight: Material Culture of the Pearl-Poet, Jonathan Quick
Chapter Nine: Sartorial Adornment in the Pearl Poems, Kimberly Jack
Chapter Ten: Switching Shields in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Kristin Bovaird-Abbo
Chapter Eleven: The Pastoral Theology of the Pearl-Poet, Grace Hamman
Part III: Receptions
Chapter Twelve: The Illustrations in London, British Library, MS Cotton Nero A.x (part 2), Joel Fredell
Chapter Thirteen: The Northwest Midlands and the Ricardian Court, David K. Coley
Chapter Fourteen: Religious Contexts for the Pearl-Poet, Nancy Ciccione
Chapter Fifteen: Translations and Paraphrases, Kenna L. Olsen
Chapter Sixteen: Audiences, Medieval and Modern, John M. Bowers
Index
About the Contributors

About the author

Edited by Jane Beal - Contributions by Kristin Abbo; Elizabeth Allen; Jane Beal; John M. Bowers; M. W. Brumit; Ethan Campbell; Nancy Ciccone; David Coley; Michael Drout; Joel Fredell; Jonathan Gerkin; Grace Hamman; Kimberly Jack; Scott Kleinman; Kenna Ols

Product details

• Authors: Jane Beal
• Assisted by: Jane Beal (Editor), Beal Jane (Editor)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.05.2024
• EAN: 9781793646774
• ISBN: 978-1-79364-677-4
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Studies in Medieval Literature
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; POETRY / General, Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Poetry / Poems