The choice of texts is admirable... providing a representative sampling of all the major genres of religious lyric. Modern Language Review

This volume provides a representative sample of the major genres of English medieval religious lyric. The arrangement of the texts are an important part of its value as an instrument of teaching and understanding, and the notes are extensive.
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This volume provides a representative sample of the major genres of English medieval religious lyric. The arrangement of the texts are an important part of its value as an instrument of teaching and understanding, and the notes are extensive.
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  • The Crucifixion, from an English Missal of 1461: Bodleian Library, MS. Digby 227, f. 113v, Frontispiece
  • INTRODUCTION
  • SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • OTHER ABBREVIATIONS
  • LIST OF MANUSCRIPTS AND LOCATIONS
  • TEXTS; Numbers
  • 1-3. The Fall. The Promise of Redemption
  • 4-16. Annunciation and Nativity
  • 17-21. The Passion of Christ
  • 22-5. Mary at the Foot of the Cross
  • 26-30. Complaints of Christ
  • 31-6. The Memory of Christ's Passion
  • 37-40. The Triumph of Christ
  • 41-5. Christ's Love for Sinful Man
  • 46-9. Songs of Love-longing
  • 50-4. Prayers to Christ
  • 55-65. Prayers and Poems to the Virgin Mary
  • 66-70. Prayers to Saints and the Guardian Angel
  • 71-2. Mysteries of the Faith
  • 73-6. Christian Hope and Joy
  • 77-80. Penitence and the Christian Life
  • 81-90. The Frail Life of Man. The Last Things
  • 91-2. The Pilgrim's Final Rest
  • NOTES
  • GLOSSARY
  • LATIN WORDS AND PHRASES OCCURRING IN THE LYRICS
  • INDEX OF FIRST LINES
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The acclaimed EMTS series makes a significant contribution to modern scholarship in the field of medieval and early Tudor studies by publishing high-quality new or revised scholarly editions and translations of important texts, and by making available critical and contextual studies by leading scholars in the field.
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Product details

ISBN
9780859893824
Published
1992-11-01
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Height
184 mm
Width
125 mm
Age
UU, UP, P, 05, 06
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
198

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