The Southern Version of Cursor Mundi, Vol. I

• Tác giả: Sarah M Horral
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• ISBN-13: 978-0776617251
• Thông tin xuất bản: Knoxville : University of Ottawa Press / Les Presses de l'Université d'Ottawa, 1978
• Mô tả vật lý: 1 electronic resource (432 p.)
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 239881
• Chủ đề: 1. Literary studies: classical, early & medieval

Tóm tắt

 The medieval poem <
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  is a biblical verse account of the history of the world, offering a chronological overview of salvation history from Creation to Doomsday. Originating in northern England around the year 1300, the poem was frequently copied in the north before appearing in a southern version in substantially altered form. Although it is a storehouse of popular medieval biblical lore and a fascinating study in the eclectic use of more than a dozen sources, the poem has until now attracted little scholarly attention. This five-part collaborative edition presents the Arundel version of the poem with variants from three others. In addition it provides a discussion of sources and analogues, detailed explanatory notes, and a bibliography.