The fayre formez of the Pearl poet / Sandra Pierson Prior.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Prior, Sandra Pierson.

Series:

Medieval texts and studies ; no. 18.

Medieval texts and studies ; no. 18

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christian poetry, English (Middle)--History and criticism.

Christian poetry, English (Middle).

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.

Patience (Middle English poem).

Purity (Middle English poem).

Pearl (Middle English poem).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (237 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, c1996.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<DIV><P> This book differs from most previous studies of the Pearl poet by treating all of his works as a whole. Prior's purpose is to identify the underlying poetics of this major body of English poetry. Drawing on both the visual imagery of medieval art (the study includes 18 full-page illustrations) and the verbal imagery of the Bible and other literary sources, Prior shows how the poet's ""fayre formez"" are the result of a coherent and self-conscious view of the artist's craft.</P> </DIV>

Contents:

Contents; Illustrations; Abbreviations; Preface; Introduction: Fayre Formez in a Medieval Christian Poet; Chapter One: The Lombe and His Meyny Schene: Signs of God in Pearl and the Apocalypse; Chapter Two: Signs of the Divine in Cleanness, Patience, and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight ; Chapter Three: Formez of Sacred History in Cleanness and Patience; Chapter Four: The Fayre Formez of Pearl and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight; Works Cited; Index

Notes:

"A colleagues book"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-87013-945-2

OCLC:

297838662