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9781846821806

Medieval Alliterative Poetry Essays in Honour of Thorlac Turville-Petre

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    9781846821806

  • ISBN10:

    1846821800

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2010-07-28
  • Publisher: Four Courts Press

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This collection of essays celebrates Professor Thorlac Turville-Petre for his scholarly work in late medieval English literature, in particular for his contributions to editorial scholarship and Middle English alliterative poetry. Contents: Robert Adams (Sam Houston State U), Langland and the Devotio Moderna; J.A. Burrow (Bristol U), New lives of Piers Plowman; Michael Calabrese (California State U), Alliterative wombs; Hoyt N. Duggan (U Virginia), The end of the alliterative line; A.S.G. Edwards (De Montfort U), The Blage manuscript and alliterative verse in the 16th century; Andrew Galloway (Cornell U), The Siege of Jerusalem and its sources; Ralph Hanna (Keble College, Oxford), The tree of charity again; Judith J. Jefferson (Bristol U), The table of contents in Cambridge MS Gg.4.31; Derek Pearsall (York U), The C-text of Piers Plowman; Ad Putter (Bristol U), leanness and the tradition of biblical versification; Nicola Royan (U Nottingham), The alliterative Awntyrs stanza in Older

Author Biography

J.A. Burrow, FBA, is professor emeritus at Bristol University. Hoyt N. Duggan is professor emeritus at the University of Virginia.

Table of Contents

List of abbreviationsp. 7
List of contributorsp. 9
Prefacep. 13
Thorlac Turville-Petre's Publicationsp. 15
The view from Nottinghamp. 19
Langland and the Devotio Moderna: a spiritual kinshipp. 23
The new lives of Piers Plowmanp. 41
Alliterative wombsp. 53
The end of the linep. 67
The Blage manuscript and alliterative verse in the sixteenth centuryp. 80
Alliterative poetry in old Jerusalem: the Siege of Jerusalem and its sourcesp. 85
Humphrey and the werewolfp. 107
The Tree of Charity - againp. 125
Divisions, collaboration and other topics: the table of contents in Cambridge, University Library, MS Gg.4.31p. 140
The poetic character of the C-text of Piers Plowmanp. 153
Cleanness and the tradition of biblical versificationp. 166
The alliterative Awntyrs stanza in Older Scots versep. 185
On the road: Langland and some medieval outlaw storiesp. 195
The sacramental significance of blood in Piers Plowmanp. 212
Indexp. 225
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