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Poverty in Late Middle English Literature: The Meene and the Riche
Dinah Hazell
Poverty in Late Middle English Literature: The Meene and the Riche
Dinah Hazell
Studies of medieval poverty tend to focus on a few works, particularly Piers Plowman and related texts, and on the indigent and rural poor. This book presents a comprehensive view of poverty at different social levels, from aristocrat to pauper, and the way in which poverty is employed as a topos to reflect social and moral concerns. The literary works, primarily from the fourteenth century and set within a cultural/historical context, represent a broad range of authors and genres, including romance, chronicle, satire, complaint, homily, hagiography, treatise, and drama, and include both well- and lesser-known pieces. There is a strong focus on the historical and literary solutions to poverty, as well as factors that influenced the complex and often conflicting attitudes towards the poor.
304 pages
Media | Böcker Inbunden Bok (Inbunden bok med hårda pärmar och skyddsomslag) |
Releasedatum | 19 juli 2009 |
ISBN13 | 9781846821554 |
Utgivare | Four Courts Press Ltd |
Antal sidor | 304 |
Mått | 156 × 234 × 230 mm · 521 g |
Språk | Engelska |
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