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Richard Morris's Prick of Conscience
Hanna, Ralph, Iii; Wood, Sarah
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Description for Richard Morris's Prick of Conscience
This mid fourteenth-century poem was one of the most popular Middle English texts in its time. This edition makes it accessible to modern scholars with full annotation, a comprehensive introduction, and detailed commentary. Series: Early English Text Society Original Series. Num Pages: 450 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 2ABC; DSBB; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 45. Weight in Grams: 782.
This mid fourteenth-century poem, a discussion of the 'contempt of the world' and the 'Four Last Things', was one of the most popular Middle English texts in its time, as indicated by the large number of extant copies, and illustrations of it in the windows of All Saints, North Street, in York. It was a widely influential compendium of religious instruction, originating in Yorkshire, but more widely disseminated, and thus representing this important regional culture, as well as its absorption into a nationwide religious culture. The only edition, by Richard Morris (1863), is now generally unavailable outside research libraries. The ... Read more
This mid fourteenth-century poem, a discussion of the 'contempt of the world' and the 'Four Last Things', was one of the most popular Middle English texts in its time, as indicated by the large number of extant copies, and illustrations of it in the windows of All Saints, North Street, in York. It was a widely influential compendium of religious instruction, originating in Yorkshire, but more widely disseminated, and thus representing this important regional culture, as well as its absorption into a nationwide religious culture. The only edition, by Richard Morris (1863), is now generally unavailable outside research libraries. The ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
450
Condition
New
Series
Early English Text Society Original Series
Number of Pages
450
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199680993
SKU
V9780199680993
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About Hanna, Ralph, Iii; Wood, Sarah
Professor Ralph Hanna is Emeritus Fellow of Keble College, Oxford. Dr Sarah Wood is affiliated with the Middle English Bibliography Group, The Oxford English Dictionary
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