Middle English Biblical Poetry: Romance, Audience and Tradition

by Cathy Hume

Medieval England had a thriving culture of rewriting the Bible in art, drama, and literature in Latin, French and English. Middle English biblical poetry was central to this culture, and although these poems have suffered from critical neglect, sometimes dismissed as mere "paraphrase", they are rich, innovative and politically engaged. Read in the same gentry and noble households as secular romance, biblical poems borrow and adapt romance plots and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843846055
• ISBN13: 9781843846055
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"