Love and Virtue in Middle English and Middle Scots Poetry (Hardcover, New edition)

The book provides the first comprehensive study of love and ethics in Middle English and Middle Scots poems written at the close of the Middle Ages by Geoffrey Chaucer, James I, Robert Henryson, William Dunbar, and Gavin Douglas. It shows that medieval poems often reveal a pattern in which an individual moves from selfish to selfless concerns, and how this movement is incited by love, while fulfilled through virtue. By taking into account the English and Scottish cultural contexts, as well as other traditions of writing, the book shows how the ideas on human well-being were disseminated and adjusted to meet cultural changes. In this, the book contributes to a discussion on what constitutes "mindful" or "virtuous" living, a discussion that is as relevant today as it was in the Middle Ages.

General

Imprint:	Peter Lang Ag
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Studies in English Medieval Language and Literature, 58
Release date:	October 2021
First published:	2021
Authors:	Dominika Ruszkiewicz
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	238
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-3-631-86173-8
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > Classical, early & medieval Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Poetry & poets > General
LSN:	3-631-86173-7
Barcode:	9783631861738

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