Patience
Broadview Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-55481-539-5 (ISBN)
Patience is currently the only one of the four poems in British Library MS Cotton Nero A.x that has not been translated into modern idiomatic poetry. The poem uses the biblical story of Jonah as an exemplum but expands on its Old Testament sources with startling poetic effects, vivid descriptions of the natural world, and probing theological questions. This new edition, with a lively, alliterative facing-page translation, will enable students and general readers, as well as scholars, to study and enjoy this poem. A critical introduction explores the poem's themes, poetics, and social and political contexts, and a rich selection of historical appendices includes biblical sources, contemporary analogues, visual material from the Cotton Nero A.x manuscript and other illuminated manuscripts, and maps of the world of the poem.
Helen Barr is Emeritus Professor at Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford.
Acknowledgements
Introduction
A Note on the TextPatience
Notes on the Text and Translation
Appendix A: Scriptural Sources
1. The Old Testament Book of Jonah
2. Christ's Sermon on the Mount: The Beatitudes (Matthew 5:1–12)
3. Psalm 68:2–10; 16–20
4. The Prophet Iunus, from the Qur'an, Chapter 10
Appendix B: Analogues
1. Naufragium Jonae Prophetae
2. The Prophet Jonah Lost at Sea
3. From the Middle English Metrical Paraphrase of the Book of Jonah
Appendix C: Other Contemporary Contexts
1. Wycliffite Sermon for All Saints' Day (Matthew 5:1–12)
2. From Dan Michel, Ayenbite of Inwit or Remorse of Conscience
a. From the Virtue of Prowess: The Fourth Degree, Patience
b. From the Sin of Sloth
c. From the Sins of the Tongue
3. The Storm Scene from The Gest Hystoriale of the Destruction of Troy
4. The Whale from the Middle English Physiologus
Appendix D: Visual Materials
1. The illustrations to Patience in BL MS Cotton Nero A.x
2. The whale as island from Gerald of Wales's Topographia Hibernica
3. A whale opens its mouth and lets out a sweet scent to lure small fish, in a bestiary
4. The Annunciation: The Holy Spirit as Dove Flies into Mary's Ear
5. Doom Painting in the Church of Thomas à Becket
Appendix E: Sketch Maps of the Topography of Patience
1. Old Testament
2. New Testament
3. Jonah's Journey
Works Cited and Recommended Reading
Image Credits
| Erscheinungsdatum | 01.06.2024 |
|---|---|
| Übersetzer | Helen Barr |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 140 x 216 mm |
| Gewicht | 217 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker |
| Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Lyrik / Gedichte | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-55481-539-8 / 1554815398 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-55481-539-5 / 9781554815395 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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