Poverty in late Middle English literature : the meene and the riche / Dinah Hazell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hazell, Dinah, 1942-

Contributor:

George R. Fink Memorial Fund.

Series:

Dublin studies in medieval and renaissance literature (Four Courts Press) ; 2.

Dublin studies in medieval and renaissance literature ; 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English literature--Middle English, 1100-1500--History and criticism.

English literature.

Poverty in literature.

Poor in literature.

Social problems in literature.

Social classes in literature.

Literature and society--England--History--To 1500.

Literature and society.

Poor.

History.

Poverty.

England.

Poverty--England--History--To 1500.

Poor--England--History--To 1500.

England--Social conditions--1066-1485.

Social conditions.

Physical Description:

233 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Dublin ; Portland, OR : Four Courts Press, [2009]

Contents:

Aristocratic poverty. Socioeconomic overview ; Ywain and Gawain ; Sir Amadace ; Sir Cleges ; Sir Launfal ; Sir Orfeo

Urban poverty. Socioeconomic overview ; Havelok ; London Lickpenny ; The regiment of princes ; The prioress's tale ; The Simonie

Rural poverty. Socieoeconomic overview ; The clerk's tale ; The nun's priest's tale ; The Corpus Christi shepherds' plays

Apostolic poverty. Historical and socioeconomic background ; Vox clamantis ; The land of Cokaygne ; Why I can't be a nun ; Pierce the ploughman's crede ; Song against the friars ; FitzRalph's Defensio curatorum ; South English ledendary ; Capgrave's Life of Gilbert ; Godric of Finchale ; Sir Gowther

Solutions and attitudes.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-222) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George R. Fink Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

184682155X

9781846821554

OCLC:

303095704

Publisher Number:

99945506778