David Gould

Pearl of Great Price (eBook, ePUB)

A Literary Translation of the Middle English Pearl

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Middle English poem Pearl is an elegy on the death of a child, written to provide consolation for the loss of a loved one through instruction in Christian theology. The mourning father's faith in God has been shaken by his daughter's death. Having fainted away on his daughter's grave, he is transported in a dream vision to an earthy paradise where he sees his daughter across a stream, transfigured and clothed in garments set with pearls. She explains to him her exalted status as a bride of Christ and shows him a vision of the New Jerusalem. Ravished with his vision, he attempts to cross the stream to join his Pearl, only to be woken from his dream of paradise. This translation of the poem is accompanied by a preface on the translation, a reproduction of the poem in its original orthography, a transcription of the manuscript, a glossary, and instructions on how to read the manuscript hand.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 326
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Mai 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780761859253
• Artikelnr.: 38225833

Autorenporträt

David Gould has an A.B. in English and American literature from Brown University and a Ph.D. in English from the University of Connecticut. He is currently an associate professor of English at the University of the Virgin Islands.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgements
Pearl
Transcription of the Manuscript
Textual Notes
Glossary
Abbreviations
How to Read the Manuscript Hand
Works Cited