Prophetic Song
The Psalms As Moral Discourse in Late Medieval England
1st Edition
Published on 29. April 1995
Book
Hardback
336 pages
978-0-8122-3271-4 (ISBN)
Description
A study of the Psalter's influence on the language of prescription and proscription, injunction, command, censure, reproof, and other ethical instruction in late medieval England, as well as exegesis and meditation that clearly had a homiletic or polemic bias. Among the themes is the distinction between the private and public use the Psalms were put to, and the deliberate blurring of that distinction to illustrate the unity between individual salvation and the reform of society.
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Edition
Reprint 2016
Language
English
Place of publication
Pennsylvania
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paper over boards
Illustrations
4 illus.
4 illus.
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
645 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8122-3271-4 (9780812232714)
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Michael Kuczynski is Associate Professor of English at Tulane University.
Content
List of Illustrations
List of Abbreviations
Preface: "Beatus virres techyng"
A Note on Psalm Texts and Middle English Quotations
Acknowledgments
PT. I. INTERPRETING THE PSALMS
Ch. 1. David the "Maker"
Ch. 2. Imitating David
PT. II. PSALM DISCOURSE
Ch. 3. David as a Model of Compunction
Ch. 4. The Psalms as Models for Middle English Poetry
PT. III. PSALM IDEOLOGY
Ch. 5. Two Versions of Captivity: Lydgate, the Lollards, and Psalm Complaint
Ch. 6. William Langland, Radical Psalmist
Afterword
Appendix A. "The Direccioun of a Mannys Lyfe"
Appendix B. "The Remnant of My Thoughts"
Notes
Bibliography
Index
List of Abbreviations
Preface: "Beatus virres techyng"
A Note on Psalm Texts and Middle English Quotations
Acknowledgments
PT. I. INTERPRETING THE PSALMS
Ch. 1. David the "Maker"
Ch. 2. Imitating David
PT. II. PSALM DISCOURSE
Ch. 3. David as a Model of Compunction
Ch. 4. The Psalms as Models for Middle English Poetry
PT. III. PSALM IDEOLOGY
Ch. 5. Two Versions of Captivity: Lydgate, the Lollards, and Psalm Complaint
Ch. 6. William Langland, Radical Psalmist
Afterword
Appendix A. "The Direccioun of a Mannys Lyfe"
Appendix B. "The Remnant of My Thoughts"
Notes
Bibliography
Index