Middle English Metrical Paraphrase of the Old Testament

Name: Middle English Metrical Paraphrase of the Old Testament
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ISBN: 9781580441506

ISBN-10: 1580441505

ISBN-13: 9781580441506

Edition: 2011

Authors: Michael Livingston

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Like the Bible upon which it is based, the metrical paraphrase is unlikely to be a text read cover-to-cover by the faint-hearted. The Paraphrase is, in several ways, a remarkable artifact of the Chaucerian period, one that can reveal a great deal about vernacular biblical literature in Middle English, about readership and lay understandings of the Bible, about the relationship between Christians and Jews in late medieval England, about the environment in which the Lollards and other reformers worked, about perceived roles of women in history and in society, and even about the composition of medieval drama. The Paraphrase-poet's proclamation that he intends to write stories for sympyll men…

Book details

List price: $12.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications
Publication date: 9/1/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 712
Size: 7.01" wide x 10.00" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 3.234
Language: English