THE BOOK OF ASHES, (originally called Little Job, or Pety Job) is a
meditative fifteenth century verse paraphrase of excerpts from the
Book of Job; a passionate penitential monologue that uses as its
meditative base the liturgical text intoned daily for the souls of
the dead. The original author is unknown. Early manuscripts
describe the work as follows: The nine lessons of the Dirge, which
Job made in his tribulation lying on the dunghill, declaring more
clearly to our understanding, in a solemn and worthy manner, that
which will suffice to steer sinners towards compunction. This
edition follows a middle English text edited by Susanna Greer Fein
and then rendered into modern English by Jabez L. Van Cleef. It
consists of 57 parts, each part a 12 line poem. Inasmuch as
possible the content, form and meter of the original Middle English
has been kept.
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