This powerful 7316-line sermon in rhyming couplets dramatically rehearses God's power and man's vulnerability, capturing Man's wretchedness and the world's instability before contemplating Man's journey from death to the anguish of purgatory, hell, or ultimately the joys of heaven.The presentation is informed by sensational descriptions directed to shock, inform, and inspire.
This powerful 7316-line sermon in rhyming couplets dramatically rehearses God's power and man's vulnerability, capturing Man's wretchedness and the world's instability before contemplating Man's journey from death to the anguish of purgatory, hell, or ultimately the joys of heaven.The presentation is informed by sensational descriptions directed to shock, inform, and inspire.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Jean E. Jost is an emerita professor of English literature at Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois, where she taught medieval literature, women's literature and advanced writing for 27 years.
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Table of Contents Acknowledgments ix General Introduction 1 I. Introduction to the Poem and Manuscript 7 Description of HM 128, Huntington Library, San Marino, Californiä 7 Contents of HM 128 7 Date, Collation, and Hands 7 Foliation 8 Physical Description and Page Arrangement 8 Decoration and Textual Presentation in the Pricke of Conscience, HM 128 8 Versions of the Pricke of Conscience 8 Manuscript Editions 8 Modern and Medieval Editions 9 Provenance of the Pricke of Conscience, HM 128 10 Authorship 10 Dating 10 Language (by Hoyt Greeson) 10 Manuscript Choice 12 Criteria for "Best Text" of Pricke of Conscience Manuscript 12 Rationale 15 Editorial Policy Spelling, Punctuation, Capitalization, Abbreviations and Division Markers 16 Latin Quotations 16 Critical Apparatus 16 Bibliographies 17 Notes 17 II. Pricke of Conscience Facsimile of Huntington Manuscript 128 Folio 1 rectö 21 Prologue: God's Power Folio 1r 23 Part I. Man's Wretchedness Folio 4v 30 Part II. The Instability of the World Folio 10v 42 Part III. Death Folio 18v 58 Part IV. Purgatory Folio 28v 78 Part V. Ten Signs of Doomsday Folio 42v 106 Part VI. The Pains of Hell Folio 69v 160 Part VII. The Joys of Heaven Folio 77v 176 Select Glossary (by Hoyt Greeson) 211 Select Bibliography: Content of HM 128 238 Select Bibliography: Dialect, Sources, and Definitions (by Hoyt Greeson) 240 Index 241
Table of Contents Acknowledgments ix General Introduction 1 I. Introduction to the Poem and Manuscript 7 Description of HM 128, Huntington Library, San Marino, Californiä 7 Contents of HM 128 7 Date, Collation, and Hands 7 Foliation 8 Physical Description and Page Arrangement 8 Decoration and Textual Presentation in the Pricke of Conscience, HM 128 8 Versions of the Pricke of Conscience 8 Manuscript Editions 8 Modern and Medieval Editions 9 Provenance of the Pricke of Conscience, HM 128 10 Authorship 10 Dating 10 Language (by Hoyt Greeson) 10 Manuscript Choice 12 Criteria for "Best Text" of Pricke of Conscience Manuscript 12 Rationale 15 Editorial Policy Spelling, Punctuation, Capitalization, Abbreviations and Division Markers 16 Latin Quotations 16 Critical Apparatus 16 Bibliographies 17 Notes 17 II. Pricke of Conscience Facsimile of Huntington Manuscript 128 Folio 1 rectö 21 Prologue: God's Power Folio 1r 23 Part I. Man's Wretchedness Folio 4v 30 Part II. The Instability of the World Folio 10v 42 Part III. Death Folio 18v 58 Part IV. Purgatory Folio 28v 78 Part V. Ten Signs of Doomsday Folio 42v 106 Part VI. The Pains of Hell Folio 69v 160 Part VII. The Joys of Heaven Folio 77v 176 Select Glossary (by Hoyt Greeson) 211 Select Bibliography: Content of HM 128 238 Select Bibliography: Dialect, Sources, and Definitions (by Hoyt Greeson) 240 Index 241
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