Theology and poetry in the Middle English lyric: a study of sacred history and aesthetic form
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1969Metadata
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A study of sacred history and aesthetic form
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(print) x, 292 p. : illus. ; 23 cm
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INTRODUCTION : The Theology of Sacred History : The Liturgy of the Medieval Church 1 -- Sacred History 3 -- The Beginning and End of History 4 -- The Center of History 5 -- Three Reformulations of Sacred History by the Liturgy of the Church 7 -- The Seasonal Cycle 9 -- The Hours of the Day 10 -- The Ladder 15 -- PART I : The Annunciation and Birth of Christ 27 -- "Gabriel, fram Evene-King" 32 -- The Inner Form 32 -- The External Form 40 -- The "Maiden Makeles" 47 -- "Nu pis Fules Singet hand Maket Hure Blisse" 48 -- "I Syng of a Myden pat Is Makeles" 55 -- "Als I Lay vp-on a Nith" 69 -- The Setting 74 -- The Foretelling 75 -- The Structure 81 -- PART II : The Crucifixion 87 -- "pe Milde Lomb Isprad o Rode" 94 -- The Transformation of Suffering by Love 95 -- The Transfiguration of Disorder by Beauty 103 -- Mary's Sorrow 110 -- "Wy Haue 3e No Reuthe on My Child?" 111 -- "Suete Sone, Reu on Me, & Brest Out of Pi Bondis" 117 -- "Stond Wei, Moder, vnder Rode" 125 -- The Dialogue 126 -- The Intelligible Cross 133 -- The Dialogue Form 136 -- PART III : The Joy of Mary 147 -- The Names of Joy : "Glade Us Maiden, Moder Milde" 156 -- The Vision of Joy : "Leuedy, for pare Blisse/pat pu Heddest at pe Frume" 167 -- The Figure of Delight 175 -- CONCLUSION 193 -- The Poem : The Sacred History 197 -- The Poet and His Audience : The Church 204 -- Poetry and the Eternal Art : A Note on the Work of St. Bonaventure 209 -- APPENDIXES 213 -- "Ave mundi spes Maria" 215 -- "Stabat iuxta Christi crucem" 217 -- "Heyl be pou, marie, milde quene of heuene!" 220 -- NOTES TO THE TEXT AND APPENDIXES 223 -- ABBREVIATIONS IN THE NOTES 225 -- NOTES TO ILLUSTRATIONS 261 -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 269 -- INDEX 279
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