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In search of "Kynde Knowynge" : Piers Plowman and the origin of allegory, Madeleine Kasten
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- Summary
- Readers today no longer relish sustained allegorical narratives the way they did in the Middle Ages, when the art of 'other-speaking' was as dominant in poetic discourse as it was elsewhere. Yet we live in an age which, following the postmodernist dictum that any sign can only refer to other signs, has declared all language liable to the 'allegorical condition'. This paradox has led the author to question the epistemological assumptions underlying allegories composed in an era which, conversely, favoured the oblique form of expression while professing its belief in the divine Logos as the ultim
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (257 pages)
- Note
- "Originated in a dissertation project ..."--Page [9]
- Contents
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- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART ONE; I: 'Such Stuff As Dreams Are Made On': Allegory and Dream Poetry; II: 'Musynge On This Metels': The Rhetoric of Allegorical Dynamics; III: 'The Seal Of The All-Too-Earthly': Walter Benjamin and the Dialectic of the Allegorical Sign; PART TWO; IV: Piers Plowman: Life of a Text; V: 'Speche, That Spire Is Of Grace': Piers Plowman and the Magic of Language; VI: Piers Plowman
- The Second Dream; VII: Piers Plowman
- The Fourth and Fifth Dreams; VIII: Piers Plowman
- The Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Dreams; AFTERWORD: THE WILL TO 'KYNDE KNOWYNGE'
- Isbn
- 9781429480970
- Label
- In search of "Kynde Knowynge" : Piers Plowman and the origin of allegory
- Title
- In search of "Kynde Knowynge"
- Title remainder
- Piers Plowman and the origin of allegory
- Statement of responsibility
- Madeleine Kasten
- Subject
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- Allegory
- Allegory
- Allégorie
- Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages
- Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages -- Poetry
- Christian poetry, English (Middle)
- Christian poetry, English (Middle)
- Dreams
- Dreams -- Poetry
- Dreams in literature
- Dreams in literature
- Electronic books
- Langland, William, 1330?-1400?
- POETRY -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Piers Plowman (Langland, William)
- Poetry
- Poésie chrétienne anglaise (moyen anglais)
- Pèlerinages chrétiens -- Poésie
- Rêves -- Poésie
- Rêves dans la littérature
- Visions
- Visions -- Poetry
- Visions -- Poésie
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Readers today no longer relish sustained allegorical narratives the way they did in the Middle Ages, when the art of 'other-speaking' was as dominant in poetic discourse as it was elsewhere. Yet we live in an age which, following the postmodernist dictum that any sign can only refer to other signs, has declared all language liable to the 'allegorical condition'. This paradox has led the author to question the epistemological assumptions underlying allegories composed in an era which, conversely, favoured the oblique form of expression while professing its belief in the divine Logos as the ultim
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- digitized
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Kasten, Madeleine
- Dewey number
- 821/.1
- Index
- index present
- Language note
- English
- LC call number
- PR2017.A5
- LC item number
- K373 2007eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Costerus
- Series volume
- new ser., 168
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Langland, William
- Allegory
- Dreams in literature
- Dreams
- Visions
- Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages
- Christian poetry, English (Middle)
- Langland, William
- Allégorie
- Rêves dans la littérature
- Rêves
- Visions
- Pèlerinages chrétiens
- Poésie chrétienne anglaise (moyen anglais)
- POETRY
- Allegory
- Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages
- Christian poetry, English (Middle)
- Dreams
- Dreams in literature
- Visions
- Label
- In search of "Kynde Knowynge" : Piers Plowman and the origin of allegory, Madeleine Kasten
- Note
- "Originated in a dissertation project ..."--Page [9]
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-249) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART ONE; I: 'Such Stuff As Dreams Are Made On': Allegory and Dream Poetry; II: 'Musynge On This Metels': The Rhetoric of Allegorical Dynamics; III: 'The Seal Of The All-Too-Earthly': Walter Benjamin and the Dialectic of the Allegorical Sign; PART TWO; IV: Piers Plowman: Life of a Text; V: 'Speche, That Spire Is Of Grace': Piers Plowman and the Magic of Language; VI: Piers Plowman -- The Second Dream; VII: Piers Plowman -- The Fourth and Fifth Dreams; VIII: Piers Plowman -- The Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Dreams; AFTERWORD: THE WILL TO 'KYNDE KNOWYNGE'
- Control code
- 166142784
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (257 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781429480970
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Other control number
- 10.1163/9789401204149.
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)166142784
- System details
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
- Label
- In search of "Kynde Knowynge" : Piers Plowman and the origin of allegory, Madeleine Kasten
- Note
- "Originated in a dissertation project ..."--Page [9]
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-249) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART ONE; I: 'Such Stuff As Dreams Are Made On': Allegory and Dream Poetry; II: 'Musynge On This Metels': The Rhetoric of Allegorical Dynamics; III: 'The Seal Of The All-Too-Earthly': Walter Benjamin and the Dialectic of the Allegorical Sign; PART TWO; IV: Piers Plowman: Life of a Text; V: 'Speche, That Spire Is Of Grace': Piers Plowman and the Magic of Language; VI: Piers Plowman -- The Second Dream; VII: Piers Plowman -- The Fourth and Fifth Dreams; VIII: Piers Plowman -- The Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Dreams; AFTERWORD: THE WILL TO 'KYNDE KNOWYNGE'
- Control code
- 166142784
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (257 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781429480970
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other control number
- 10.1163/9789401204149.
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)166142784
- System details
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Subject
- Allegory
- Allegory
- Allégorie
- Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages
- Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages -- Poetry
- Christian poetry, English (Middle)
- Christian poetry, English (Middle)
- Dreams
- Dreams -- Poetry
- Dreams in literature
- Dreams in literature
- Electronic books
- Langland, William, 1330?-1400?
- POETRY -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Piers Plowman (Langland, William)
- Poetry
- Poésie chrétienne anglaise (moyen anglais)
- Pèlerinages chrétiens -- Poésie
- Rêves -- Poésie
- Rêves dans la littérature
- Visions
- Visions -- Poetry
- Visions -- Poésie
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