258 Pages
by
Routledge
258 Pages
by
Routledge
258 Pages
by
Routledge
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Originally published in 1967 The Pearl looks at the anonymous fourteenth century poet of Pearl. The book argues that the poem ranks in importance and interest with that of Chaucer and Langland, but suggests that it has always proved more difficult to approach to the modern reader. The aim of this book is to clear away some of the difficulty through a close examination of the material the poet... Read more
Preface
Part I: Proem
1. Purpose and Structure
2. The Garden of Loss
3. Images of Transformation
Part II: The Dream
4. The Earthly Paradise
5. Encounter
6. Symbols of Perfection
Part III: The Revelation
7. Less and More
8. The Heavenly City
Part IV: Coda
Index
Biography
P.M. Kean
