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UNINA9910552990703321 |
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Autore |
Coley David K. |
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Titolo |
Death and the Pearl maiden : plague, poetry, England / / David K. Coley |
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Columbus : , : The Ohio State University Press, , [2019] |
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©2019 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (233 pages) |
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Collana |
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Interventions: new studies in medieval culture |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Plague in literature |
Plague - England - London |
English poetry - Middle English, 1100-1500 - History and criticism |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Trauma, witness, and representation in Cleanness -- Pearl and the language of plague -- Flight and enclosure in Patience -- Sex, death, and social change in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight -- Conclusion: A pestilence whispered. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Shows how English responses to the Black Death were hidden in plain sight-as seen in the Pearl, Cleanness, Patience, and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight poems. |
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