Elucidations : medieval poetry and its religious backgrounds

Resource Information

The work Elucidations : medieval poetry and its religious backgrounds represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri Libraries. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Elucidations : medieval poetry and its religious backgrounds

Title remainder

medieval poetry and its religious backgrounds

Statement of responsibility

by Siegfried Wenzel

Creator

• Wenzel, Siegfried, 1928-

Subject

• Christian poetry, English (Middle) -- History and criticism
• English literature -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- History and criticism
• English poetry -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- History and criticism
• Religion and literature -- England -- History -- To 1500

Language

eng

Summary

The twenty-seven reprinted essays and one so far unpublished lecture assembled in this collection deal with works by Chaucer, Langland, Dante, Petrarch, Middle-English lyrics and drama, and several broader topics, such as the Three Enemies of Man, the pilgrimage of life, and the figure of the wise fool. In them Siegfried Wenzel applies his long-standing interest and study of contemporary works of religious instruction, especially medieval sermons and penitential literature to elucidate different aspects of major works of vernacular medieval poetry as well as of smaller details that have caused critical concern. Most of the essays contain hitherto unpublished medieval Latin texts. With a foreword by Nigel Palmer

Member of

• Synthema, 6

Cataloging source

OHX

Dewey number

809

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Synthema

Series volume

6