Spiritual and material boundaries in Old French verse : contemplating the walls of the Earthly Paradise

Spiritual and material boundaries in Old French verse : contemplating the walls of the Earthly Paradise / Jacob Abell.

"The Earthly Paradise was a vibrant symbol at the heart of medieval Christian geographies of the cosmos. As humanity's primal home now lost through the sins of Adam of Eve, the Earthly Paradise figured prominently in Old French tales of lands beyond the mundane world. This study proposes a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Abell, Jacob (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; Boston : Kalamazoo : De Gruyter ; Medieval Institute Publications, [2023]
Series:Research in medieval and early modern culture ; 37.
Studies in medieval and early modern culture ; 86.
Subjects:
French literature > To 1500 > History and criticism.
Spirituality in literature.
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements
  • A note on sources
  • Introduction
  • Apocalyptic solidarity and worthless gems in Benedeit's Voyage of St. Brendan the Abbot
  • Holy and human self-reflexivity in the Espurgatoire Seint Patriz of Marie de France
  • The Earthly Paradise that never was: standing before the walls of a dream in the Roman de la Rose of Guillaume de Lorris
  • Conclusion
  • Works cited
  • Index.

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