The Medieval Poetics of the Reliquary: Enshrinement, Inscription, Performance

ISBN-13: 9781349372454 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 245 str.

Seeta Chaganti; S. Chaganti

Opis

Through interdisciplinary readings of medieval literature and devotional artifacts, The Medieval Poetics of the Reliquary shows how reliquaries shaped ideas about poetry and poetics in late-medieval England.

Spis treści

The Poetics of Enshrinement Silent Inscription, Spoken Ceremony: Saint Erkenwald and the Enshrined Judge The N-Town Assumption's Impossible Reliquary Enshrining Form: Pearl as Inscriptional Object and Devotional Event Reliquaries of the Mind: Figuration, Enshrinement, and Performance in The Pardoner's Tale Conclusion: A Lyric Poetics of Enshrinement

O autorze

SEETA CHAGANTI is Assistant Professor, Department of English, University of California, USA.