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| Autor/in | Bloomfield, Morton W. |
|---|---|
| Titel | Essays and Explorations: Studies in Ideas, Language, and Literature. |
| Quelle | (1970), (321 Seiten) |
| Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; Monographie |
| Schlagwörter | Allegory; Concept Formation; English Literature; Epics; Fundamental Concepts; Historical Criticism; Language; Linguistics; Medieval History; Medieval Literature; Morphemes; North American English; Old English; Old English Literature; Poetry; Realism; Semantics; Symbolism; Syntax; Tales |
| Abstract | Seventeen reprinted essays and an unpublished one are contained in this collection and organized under five headings: History of Ideas, Approaches to Medieval Literature, Chaucer and Fourteenth-Century English Literature, Language and Linguistics, and Essay-Reviews. Topics discussed include the origin of the concept of the Seven Cardinal Sins; Chaucer's sense of history; the medieval idea of perfection; understanding Old English poetry; symbolism in medieval literature; episodic motivation and marvels in epic and romance; an appraisal of "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight"; "Piers Plowman" as a 14th-century apocalypse; realism in Chaucer; distance and predestination in "Troilus and Criseyde"; Canadian English and its relation to 18-century American speech; final root-forming morphemes; a grammatical approach to personification allegory; the syncategorematic in poetry; and essay-reviews of four books: "The Structure of Beowulf,""The Pardon of Piers Plowman,""Piers Plowman and Scriptural Tradition," and "Design in Chaucer's 'Troilus'." (LH) |
| Anmerkungen | Harvard University Press, 79 Garden St., Cambridge, Mass. 02138 ($8.50) |
| Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
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