The Medieval Poetics of the Reliquary Enshrinement, Inscription, Performance

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ISBN: 9780230604667 | 0230604668
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 9/15/2008

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Through interdisciplinary readings of medieval literature and devotional artifacts, The Medieval Poetics of the Reliquary shows how reliquaries shaped ideas about poetry and poetics in late-medieval England.

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List of Illustrations
Introduction	p. 1
The Poetics of Enshrinement	p. 19
Silent Inscription, Spoken Ceremony: Saint Erkenwald and the Enshrined Judge	p. 47
The N-Town Assumption's Impossible Reliquary	p. 73
Enshrining Form: Pearl as Inscriptional Object and Devotional Event	p. 95
Reliquaries of the Mind: Figuration, Enshrinement, and Performance in The Pardoner's Tale	p. 131
Conclusion: A Lyric Poetics of Enshrinement	p. 155
Notes	p. 171
Bibliography	p. 211
Index	p. 231
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The Medieval Poetics of the Reliquary Enshrinement, Inscription, Performance

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