Death and the Pearl maiden plague, poetry, England
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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Columbus :
The Ohio State University Press
[2019]
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| Series: | Interventions: new studies in medieval culture.
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009654918406719 |
Table of Contents:
- 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.
