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Prophetic song : the Psalms as moral discourse in late Medieval England / Michael P. Kuczynski.
De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kuczynski, Michael P., author.
- Series:
- Middle Ages series.
- Middle Ages Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bible. Psalms--Criticism, interpretation, etc--History--Middle Ages, 600-1500.
- Bible.
- Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern)--England--History and criticism.
- Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern).
- Christian literature, English (Middle)--History and criticism.
- Christian literature, English (Middle).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (298 p.) : 4 illus.
- Edition:
- Reprint 2016
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [1995]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Summary:
- A study of the Psalter's influence on the language of prescription and proscription, injunction, command, censure, reproof, and other ethical instruction in late medieval England, as well as exegesis and meditation that clearly had a homiletic or polemic bias. Among the themes is the distinction between the private and public use the Psalms were put to, and the deliberate blurring of that distinction to illustrate the unity between individual salvation and the reform of society.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Abbreviations
- Preface: “...Beatus vitres techyng”
- A Note on Psalm Texts and Middle English Quotations
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1. David the “Maker”
- Chapter 2. Imitating David
- Chapter 3. David as a Model of Compunction
- Chapter 4. The Psalms as Models for Middle English Poetry
- Chapter 5. Two Versions of Captivity: Lydgate, the Lollards, and Psalm Complaint
- Chapter 6. William Langland, Radical Psalmist
- Afterword
- Appendixes
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Backmatter
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781512803310
- 1512803316
- OCLC:
- 979743623
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