The Resource Scribit Mater : Mary and the language arts in the literature of medieval England, Georgiana Donavin
Scribit Mater : Mary and the language arts in the literature of medieval England, Georgiana Donavin
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The item Scribit Mater : Mary and the language arts in the literature of medieval England, Georgiana Donavin represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri Libraries.
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- Summary
- "Mary, Mother of the Word, became an icon for excellent communication during the English Middle Ages. This engaging work explores the literature that established Mary as headmistress of the liberal arts and exemplar of perfected speech. Given England's rich and extended practices of Marian piety, Georgiana Donavin focuses her research solely on English writers from the Anglo-Saxon period through the late Middle Ages. Through the writings of John of Garland, John of Howden, Chaucer, Gower, Lydgate, Margery Kempe, and several anonymous lyricists and playwrights, Donavin illuminates Mary's position as the great teacher of trivium studies and muse of various discourses. Scribit Mater begins with a survey of medieval English representations of the Virgin Mary as a wise and studious woman. It demonstrates how diverse authors imagined the Virgin's holy speech to be the highest sign of her wisdom. These authors venerated Mary as a Christian Lady Rhetorica because they were taught to read and compose by studying Marian services and hymns, they heard Mary's mellifluous speech in renderings of the Magnificat and other popular lyrics, or they saw the Virgin Birth as the purest articulation of the Word. They appropriated Mary's rhetorical powers in many forms: in university textbooks teaching students to imitate the Virgin's oratory, in meditations describing the Virgin's body as a holy grammar, in short lyrics extolling the Virgin's beautiful voice, in long narrative verse seeking the Virgin's inspiration and illumination, and more. While Scribit Mater highlights different medieval English understandings of the Virgin's sapient eloquence according to class, education, and gender, it demonstrates long-standing and widespread traditions acknowledging and celebrating the Mother's verbal prowess."--Jacket
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xiii, 315 pages)
- Contents
-
- The English lives of Mary
- John of Garland, gram/marian
- The musical mother tongue in Anglo-Latin poetry for meditation
- Chaucer and dame school
- Mary's mild voice in the Middle English lyrics
- Margery Kempe and the virgin birth of her book
- Isbn
- 9780813219431
- Label
- Scribit Mater : Mary and the language arts in the literature of medieval England
- Title
- Scribit Mater
- Title remainder
- Mary and the language arts in the literature of medieval England
- Statement of responsibility
- Georgiana Donavin
- Subject
-
- Christian literature, English (Middle)
- Christian literature, English (Middle) -- History and criticism
- Christliche Literatur
- Communication in literature
- Communication in literature
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Electronic books
- England
- England
- English literature -- Middle English
- English literature -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- History and criticism
- History
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- European | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- Medieval
- Language arts
- Language arts -- England -- History -- To 1500
- Latin literature, Medieval and modern
- Latin literature, Medieval and modern -- England -- History and criticism
- Literature
- Maria
- Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint
- Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint -- In literature
- Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint -- Symbolism
- Mittelenglisch
- Mittellatein
- Rhetoric, Medieval
- Rhetoric, Medieval
- Symbolism
- To 1500
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Mary, Mother of the Word, became an icon for excellent communication during the English Middle Ages. This engaging work explores the literature that established Mary as headmistress of the liberal arts and exemplar of perfected speech. Given England's rich and extended practices of Marian piety, Georgiana Donavin focuses her research solely on English writers from the Anglo-Saxon period through the late Middle Ages. Through the writings of John of Garland, John of Howden, Chaucer, Gower, Lydgate, Margery Kempe, and several anonymous lyricists and playwrights, Donavin illuminates Mary's position as the great teacher of trivium studies and muse of various discourses. Scribit Mater begins with a survey of medieval English representations of the Virgin Mary as a wise and studious woman. It demonstrates how diverse authors imagined the Virgin's holy speech to be the highest sign of her wisdom. These authors venerated Mary as a Christian Lady Rhetorica because they were taught to read and compose by studying Marian services and hymns, they heard Mary's mellifluous speech in renderings of the Magnificat and other popular lyrics, or they saw the Virgin Birth as the purest articulation of the Word. They appropriated Mary's rhetorical powers in many forms: in university textbooks teaching students to imitate the Virgin's oratory, in meditations describing the Virgin's body as a holy grammar, in short lyrics extolling the Virgin's beautiful voice, in long narrative verse seeking the Virgin's inspiration and illumination, and more. While Scribit Mater highlights different medieval English understandings of the Virgin's sapient eloquence according to class, education, and gender, it demonstrates long-standing and widespread traditions acknowledging and celebrating the Mother's verbal prowess."--Jacket
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Donavin, Georgiana
- Dewey number
- 820.9/351
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PR275.M34
- LC item number
- D66 2012eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Mary
- Mary
- Christian literature, English (Middle)
- English literature
- Latin literature, Medieval and modern
- Communication in literature
- Rhetoric, Medieval
- Language arts
- Mary
- Maria
- Maria
- LITERARY CRITICISM
- LITERARY CRITICISM
- Christian literature, English (Middle)
- Communication in literature
- English literature
- Language arts
- Latin literature, Medieval and modern
- Literature
- Rhetoric, Medieval
- Symbolism
- England
- Christliche Literatur
- England
- Mittelenglisch
- Mittellatein
- LITERARY CRITICISM
- LITERARY CRITICISM
- Christliche Literatur
- England
- Mittelenglisch
- Mittellatein
- Label
- Scribit Mater : Mary and the language arts in the literature of medieval England, Georgiana Donavin
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-309) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The English lives of Mary -- John of Garland, gram/marian -- The musical mother tongue in Anglo-Latin poetry for meditation -- Chaucer and dame school -- Mary's mild voice in the Middle English lyrics -- Margery Kempe and the virgin birth of her book
- Control code
- 815281358
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xiii, 315 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780813219431
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt25gw6v
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)815281358
- Label
- Scribit Mater : Mary and the language arts in the literature of medieval England, Georgiana Donavin
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-309) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The English lives of Mary -- John of Garland, gram/marian -- The musical mother tongue in Anglo-Latin poetry for meditation -- Chaucer and dame school -- Mary's mild voice in the Middle English lyrics -- Margery Kempe and the virgin birth of her book
- Control code
- 815281358
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xiii, 315 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780813219431
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt25gw6v
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)815281358
Subject
- Christian literature, English (Middle)
- Christian literature, English (Middle) -- History and criticism
- Christliche Literatur
- Communication in literature
- Communication in literature
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Electronic books
- England
- England
- English literature -- Middle English
- English literature -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- History and criticism
- History
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- European | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- Medieval
- Language arts
- Language arts -- England -- History -- To 1500
- Latin literature, Medieval and modern
- Latin literature, Medieval and modern -- England -- History and criticism
- Literature
- Maria
- Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint
- Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint -- In literature
- Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint -- Symbolism
- Mittelenglisch
- Mittellatein
- Rhetoric, Medieval
- Rhetoric, Medieval
- Symbolism
- To 1500
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