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The Court of Sapience (Paperback)
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The Court of Sapience (Paperback)
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The medieval English allegorical poem, The Court of Sapience, was
written in the middle of the fifteenth century by an unknown
author. It is best described as an encyclopaedia: in the allegory
the poet describes the nature and activities of wisdom in all its
aspects. He includes a moving account of the fall of a man and his
restoration by divine wisdom; then he leads his dreamer through a
landscape where all the traditional beauties of nature are
catalogued and assigned their properties. The visit to the castle
of Sapience, inhabited by all the branches of learning and the
seven restorative virtues, completes the poem as we have it. The
first edition was an early production of Caxton's press, and it was
reprinted by his successor, Wynkyn de Worde. This is a new edition
of Caxton's text of the poem. Variant readings from the extant
manuscripts have investigated in detail and are discussed in the
lengthy introduction and extensive commentary. The poem is an
attractive work in itself, and has been admired by C.S. Lewis and
other modern critics. It is also a valuable witness to the taste of
the early Tudor period.
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