Piers Plowman and the poetics of enigma : riddles, rhetoric, and theology

Piers Plowman and the poetics of enigma : riddles, rhetoric, and theology / Curtis A. Gruenler.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gruenler, Curtis A., 1964- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, [2017]
Subjects:
Langland, William, > 1330?-1400? > Piers Plowman.
Langland, William, > 1330?-1400 > Aesthetics.
Ambiguity in literature.
Riddles in literature.
Poetics > History > To 1500.
Aesthetics, Medieval.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Language for a theology of participation, theory for a poetics of enigma
  • Riddling traditions, participatory play, and Langland's first vision
  • Riddle contests and Langland's fourth vision
  • Enigma in the curriculum: Langland's third vision
  • Enigmatic authority: Langland's second vision
  • Enigma and participation in Langland's fifth vision and Julian's Revelation
  • Games of heaven, games of Earth: ending with enigmas
  • Epilogue.

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