Piers Plowman and the Poetics of Enigma - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Piers Plowman and the Poetics of Enigma write by Curtis A. Gruenler. This book was released on 2017-04-30. Piers Plowman and the Poetics of Enigma available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In this book, Curtis Gruenler proposes that the concept of the enigmatic, latent in a wide range of medieval thinking about literature, can help us better understand in medieval terms much of the era’s most enduring literature, from the riddles of the Anglo-Saxon bishop Aldhelm to the great vernacular works of Dante, Chaucer, Julian of Norwich, and, above all, Langland’s Piers Plowman. Riddles, rhetoric, and theology—the three fields of meaning of aenigma in medieval Latin—map a way of thinking about reading and writing obscure literature that was widely shared across the Middle Ages. The poetics of enigma links inquiry about language by theologians with theologically ambitious literature. Each sense of enigma brings out an aspect of this poetics. The playfulness of riddling, both oral and literate, was joined to a Christian vision of literature by Aldhelm and the Old English riddles of the Exeter Book. Defined in rhetoric as an obscure allegory, enigma was condemned by classical authorities but resurrected under the influence of Augustine as an aid to contemplation. Its theological significance follows from a favorite biblical verse among medieval theologians, “We see now through a mirror in an enigma, then face to face” (1 Cor. 13:12). Along with other examples of the poetics of enigma, Piers Plowman can be seen as a culmination of centuries of reflection on the importance of obscure language for knowing and participating in endless mysteries of divinity and humanity and a bridge to the importance of the enigmatic in modern literature. This book will be especially useful for scholars and undergraduate students interested in medieval European literature, literary theory, and contemplative theology.
The Cambridge Companion to World Literature
The Cambridge Companion to World Literature - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Cambridge Companion to World Literature write by Ben Etherington. This book was released on 2018-11-22. The Cambridge Companion to World Literature available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This Companion presents lucid and exemplary critical essays, introducing readers to the major ideas and practices of world literary studies.
Divine Images
Divine Images - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Divine Images write by Jason Whittaker. This book was released on 2021-04-29. Divine Images available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Although relatively obscure during his lifetime, William Blake has become one of the most popular English artists and writers, through poems such as “The Tyger” and “Jerusalem,” and images including The Ancient of Days. Less well-known is Blake’s radical religious and political temperament and that his visionary art was created to express a personal mythology that sought to recreate an entirely new approach to philosophy and art. This book examines both Blake’s visual and poetic work over his long career, from early engravings and poems to his final illustrations, to Dante and the Book of Job. Divine Images further explores Blake’s immense popular appeal and influence after his death, offering an inspirational look at a pioneering figure.
The Husband's Message & the Accompanying Riddles of the Exeter Book
The Husband's Message & the Accompanying Riddles of the Exeter Book - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Husband's Message & the Accompanying Riddles of the Exeter Book write by Francis Adelbert Blackburn. This book was released on 1900. The Husband's Message & the Accompanying Riddles of the Exeter Book available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The English Dream Vision
The English Dream Vision - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The English Dream Vision write by J. Stephen Russell. This book was released on 1988. The English Dream Vision available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.