Death and the Pearl maiden : plague, poetry, England / / David K. Coley
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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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| Pubblicazione: | Columbus : , : The Ohio State University Press, , [2019] |
| ©2019 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (233 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 821/.1 |
| Soggetto topico: | Plague in literature |
| Plague - England - London | |
| English poetry - Middle English, 1100-1500 - History and criticism | |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Death and the Pearl maiden |
| ISBN: | 0-8142-7681-4 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910552990703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Interventions: new studies in medieval culture.