| 'Piers Plowman' and the Medieval Discourse of Desire Contributor(s): Zeeman, Nicolette (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521856108 ISBN-13: 9780521856102 Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Binding Type: Hardcover Published: April 2006 Annotation: This ambitious work is the first book-length study to link William Langland's great poem Piers Plowman to wider medieval enquiries into the nature of intellectual and spiritual desire. Nicolette Zeeman traces the history of psychology and its iconography in medieval devotional and theological literature, stretching back to St Augustine and Gregory the Great, and shows how an understanding of these traditions opens up a completely new reading of Piers Plowman. She challenges the current consensus according to which the poem narrates an essentially positive 'education' of the will, and reveals instead a narrative of desire emerging from rebuke, loss and denial. This radical reading revolutionises our thinking about Piers Plowman, and sheds new light on the history of medieval psychology, devotion, pastoral care, medieval textual theory and literary history. Click for more in this series: Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Medieval - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Literary Criticism | Poetry |
| Dewey: 821.1 |
| LCCN: 2005020130 |
| Series: Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature |
| Physical Information: 0.98" H x 6.3" W x 9" L (1.45 lbs) 328 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
| Features: Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index, Table of Contents |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This ambitious work links William Langland's great poem Piers Plowman to wider medieval enquiries into the nature of intellectual and spiritual desire. Nicolette Zeeman traces the history of psychology and its iconography in medieval devotional and theological literature, stretching back to St Augustine and Gregory the Great, and shows how an understanding of these traditions opens up a fresh reading of Piers Plowman. She challenges the consensus according to which the poem narrates an essentially positive 'education' of the will, and reveals instead a narrative of desire emerging from rebuke, loss and denial. This radical reading revolutionises our thinking about Piers Plowman, and sheds light on the history of medieval psychology, devotion, pastoral care, medieval textual theory and literary history. |
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