{"product_id":"becoming-the-pearl-poet-perceptions-connections-receptions-9781793646750","title":"Becoming the Pearl-Poet: Perceptions,","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWho is the Pearl-poet? How do ideas about his life and interpretations of his poems shape our understanding of his work in late-medieval England—and beyond? In Becoming the Pearl-Poet: Perceptions, Connections, Receptions, readers can explore the world of this extraordinary, fourteenth-century writer. In Part I, “Perceptions,” five scholars give insightful literary analyses of the narrative poems attributed to the poet: Pearl, Cleanness, Patience, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, and St. Erkenwald. In Part II, “Connections,” six scholars examine connections between these diverse poems, focusing on authorship, ecology, material culture, sartorial adornment, shields, and the poet’s pastoral theology. In Part III, “Receptions,” scholars consider the illustrations of the Pearl Manuscript (British Library MS Cotton Nero A.x), the poet’s cultural situatedness in the Northwest Midlands and Ricardian court, his religious contexts, later translations and paraphrases of his work, and his medieval and modern audiences. Intended for students and scholars alike, this book encourages readers to gain a deeper understanding of the Pearl-poet and his world, learning many new things and enjoying old things in a new way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eYear by year, my students love the Pearl-Poet more and more. This is the volume I have been waiting to give them. The essays address the issues that come up in discussion every semester, with fresh perspectives and updated scholarship. \u003c\/p\u003e -- Ryan McDermott, University of Pittsburgh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Becoming the Pearl-Poet, Jane Beal\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart I: Perceptions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter One: The Dreamer’s Contemplative Experience of a Mappamundi in Pearl, Jane Beal\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Two: Temperance and the Evolution of Concupiscible Vice in Cleanness, Corey Owen\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Three: “Þay ar happen also þat con her hert stere”: Virtue and Nautical Metaphor in Patience, M. W. Brumit\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Four: The Failure of Perfection in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight , Mickey Sweeney\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Five: St. Erkenwald, Michael D.C. Drout, Jonathan B. Gerkin, and Scott Kleinman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart II: Connections\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Six: Authorship: What Does the Pearl-Poet Tell Us About Himself?, Ethan Campbell\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Seven: Ecology in the Pearl-Poet, Elizabeth Allen\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Eight: Material Culture of the Pearl-Poet, Jonathan Quick\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Nine: Sartorial Adornment in the Pearl Poems, Kimberly Jack\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Ten: Switching Shields in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Kristin Bovaird-Abbo\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Eleven: The Pastoral Theology of the Pearl-Poet, Grace Hamman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart III: Receptions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Twelve: The Illustrations in London, British Library, MS Cotton Nero A.x (part 2), Joel Fredell\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Thirteen: The Northwest Midlands and the Ricardian Court, David K. Coley\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Fourteen: Religious Contexts for the Pearl-Poet, Nancy Ciccione\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Fifteen: Translations and Paraphrases, Kenna L. Olsen\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Sixteen: Audiences, Medieval and Modern, John M. Bowers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout the Contributors\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lexington Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042688696663,"sku":"9781793646750","price":76.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781793646750.jpg?v=1750955189","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/becoming-the-pearl-poet-perceptions-connections-receptions-9781793646750","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}