Light of Learning
Selected Essays of Morton W. Bloomfield 1970-1986
Will be published approx. on 1. June 1993
Book
Hardback
XVIII, 348 pages
978-0-8204-1766-0 (ISBN)
Description
Morton W. Bloomfield was a great mind dedicated not only to the study of literature, his professed field, but even more to the multi-dimensional human reality which literature represents. Professor Bloomfield published articles in numerous journals in the United States, in England, Israel, and Africa. This gathering presents the reflections of the last 17 years of his life, those published after Essays and Explorations until his death in 1987. The essays included represent some of his favorite topics: Chaucer, Medieval Thought, Judaism, Contemporary Thought and Theory.
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The Editors: Upon graduation from Manhattanville College Elizabeth Walsh became a Religious of the Sacred Heart. She completed her doctorate at Harvard University and is now Professor of English at the Univerity of San Diego. She has published articles in The Southern Review and the Scottish Literary Journal. Her edition of the Scottish poem The tale of Ralph the Collier was published in 1989. Her teaching interests include Chaucer, Dante, and African American literature.
Susie M. Barrett recived her Bachelor of Arts in Literature from Point Loma Nazarene College in San Diego, California, and her Master of Arts in English from the University of San Diego. In addition to her studies in medieval literature, she is currently preparing a paper on Louisa May Alcott's short fictiion. She also teaches at the University of San Diego.
Susie M. Barrett recived her Bachelor of Arts in Literature from Point Loma Nazarene College in San Diego, California, and her Master of Arts in English from the University of San Diego. In addition to her studies in medieval literature, she is currently preparing a paper on Louisa May Alcott's short fictiion. She also teaches at the University of San Diego.
Content
Contents: This collection of essays includes philosophical reflections on several of the Canterbury Tales, Wycliff, and Joachim of Fiore. It also represents Morton Bloomfield's concern with the study of language, with figural modes, figures of speech, and literary theorizing, past and present.