In this Book
- The Gawain-Poet and the Fourteenth-Century English Anticlerical Tradition
- Book
- 2018
- Published by: Medieval Institute Publications
summary
Ethan Campbell argues that a central feature of the Gawain-poet's Middle English works' moral rhetoric is anticlerical critique. Written in an era when clerical corruption was a key concern for polemicists such as Richard FitzRalph and John Wyclif, as well as satirical poets such as John Gower, William Langland, and Geoffrey Chaucer, the Gawain poems feature an explicit attack on hypocritical priests in the opening lines of Cleanness as well as more subtle critiques embedded within
depictions of flawed priest-like characters.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright Page
- pp. i-iv
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- pp. vii-xvi
- The Anticlerical Poetics of Cleanness
- pp. 91-148
- The Reluctant Priest of Patience
- pp. 149-192
- The Late-Arriving Priest of Pearl
- pp. 193-206
- The Devilish Priest of Sir Gawain
- pp. 207-222
- Works Cited
- pp. 223-232
- General Index
- pp. 233-236
- Index of Bible Passages
- pp. 237-238
Additional Information
ISBN
9781580443081
Related ISBN(s)
9781580443074
MARC Record
OCLC
1024275792
Pages
254
Launched on MUSE
2018-07-11
Language
English
Open Access
No