Title Lay piety and religious discipline in Middle English literature / Nicole R. Rice

Edition First papberback edition Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011 ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 247 pages .) Series Cambridge studies in medieval literature ; 73 Cambridge studies in medieval literature ; 73 Contents Introduction -- Translations of the cloister : regulating spiritual aspiration -- Dialogic form and clerical understanding -- Lordship, pastoral care, and the order of charity -- Clerical widows and the reform of preaching -- Conclusion : spiritual guides in fifteenth-century books : cultural change and continuity Summary "In late-fourteenth-century England, the persistent question of how to live the best life preoccupied many pious Christians. One answer was provided by a new genre of prose guides that adapted professional religious rules and routines for lay audiences. These texts engaged with many of the same cultural questions as poets like Langland and Chaucer; however, they have not received the critical attention they deserve until now. Nicole Rice analyses how the idea of religious discipline was translated into varied literary forms in an atmosphere of religious change and controversy. By considering the themes of spiritual discipline, religious identity, and orthodoxy in Langland and Chaucer, the study also brings fresh perspectives to bear on Piers Plowman and The Canterbury Tales. This new juxtaposition of spiritual guidance and poetry will form an important contribution to our understanding of both authors and of late medieval religious practice and thought." Notes Originally published in 2008 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject English prose literature -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- History and criticism English poetry -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- History and criticism Religion and literature -- England -- History -- To 1500 Spiritual life in literature. Spiritual life -- Christianity -- History of doctrines -- Middle Ages, 600-1500. Religious thought -- Middle Ages, 600-1500. English poetry -- Middle English. English prose literature -- Middle English. Religion and literature. Religious thought -- Middle Ages. Spiritual life -- Christianity -- History of doctrines -- Middle Ages. Spiritual life in literature. England. Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780511464027 0511464029 9780511575501 0511575505

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