Description
New essays on the burgeoning of pastoral and devotional literature in medieval England. Pastoral and devotional literature flourished throughout the middle ages, and its growth and transmutations form the focus of this collection. Ranging historically from the difficulties of localizing Anglo-Saxon pastoral texts tothe reading of women in late-medieval England, the individual essays survey its development and its transformation into the literature of vernacular spirituality. They offer both close examinations of particular manuscripts, and of individual texts, including an anonymous Speculum iuniroum, the Speculum religiosorum of Edmund of Abingdon and later vernacular compositions and translations, such as Handlyng Synne and Bonaventure's Lignum Vitae. The reading and devotional use of texts by women and solitaries is also considered. They therefore form an appropriate tribute to the work of Bella Millett, whose research has done so much to advance our knowledge of the field. Contributors: Alexandra Barratt, Mishtooni Bose, Joseph Goering, Brian Golding, C. Annette Grise, Cate Gunn, Ralph Hanna, Bob Hasenfratz, Catherine Innes-Parker, E. A. Jones, Derek Pearsall, Elaine Treharne, Nicholas Watson, Jocelyn Wogan-Browne
About the Author
CATE GUNN is an independent scholar who has written on thirteenth-century anchoritic and pastoral literature. CATE GUNN is an independent scholar who has written on thirteenth-century anchoritic and pastoral literature. The late Derek Pearsall was Emeritus Gurney Professor of Middle English Literature at Harvard University; he wrote extensively on Chaucer, Gower, Langland and Lydgate, including biographies of Chaucer and Lydgate, an edition of the C-text of Langland's Piers Plowman. NICHOLAS WATSON teaches English at Harvard University. His research focuses on medieval English and North European literature, intellectual history, visionary writing and the role of the written vernacular.
Reviews
[A]n impressive collection [...] each of these essays profits from and continues the tradition of 'enterprise, ingenuity and spirit of intellectual adventure' that Millett's own research demonstrates. * THE REVIEW OF ENGLISH STUDIES *
Book Information
ISBN 9781903153291
Author Cate Gunn
Format Hardback
Page Count 242
Imprint York Medieval Press
Publisher York Medieval Press
Weight(grams) 1g
About the Author
CATE GUNN is an independent scholar who has written on thirteenth-century anchoritic and pastoral literature. CATE GUNN is an independent scholar who has written on thirteenth-century anchoritic and pastoral literature. The late Derek Pearsall was Emeritus Gurney Professor of Middle English Literature at Harvard University; he wrote extensively on Chaucer, Gower, Langland and Lydgate, including biographies of Chaucer and Lydgate, an edition of the C-text of Langland's Piers Plowman. NICHOLAS WATSON teaches English at Harvard University. His research focuses on medieval English and North European literature, intellectual history, visionary writing and the role of the written vernacular.
Reviews
[A]n impressive collection [...] each of these essays profits from and continues the tradition of 'enterprise, ingenuity and spirit of intellectual adventure' that Millett's own research demonstrates. * THE REVIEW OF ENGLISH STUDIES *
Book Information
ISBN 9781903153291
Author Cate Gunn
Format Hardback
Page Count 242
Imprint York Medieval Press
Publisher York Medieval Press
Weight(grams) 1g
