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The Numerical Universe of the Gawain-Pearl Poet: Beyond Phi
Edward I. Condren
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hardcover. This volume examines the manuscript of the "Gawain-Pearl" poet in the light of a compositional method well recognised from the literature of ancient Greece and Rome through the Renaissance, but largely overlooked by modern criticism. Num Pages: 240 pages, 47 b&w illustrations, glossary, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
Edward Condren examines the manuscript of the Gawain-Pearl Poet in the light of a compositional method well recognized from the literature of ancient Greece and Rome through the Renaissance but largely overlooked by modern criticism. Arguing that the manuscript is a single integrated artifact and not merely a collection, he shows that it is held together, as is the universe, by mathematical equations called the Divine Proportion in the Middle Ages and phi by modern mathematicians. More than a critical study of four poems in a manuscript, Condren's detailed discussion of numeric theory reveals the medieval way of understanding the ... Read more
Edward Condren examines the manuscript of the Gawain-Pearl Poet in the light of a compositional method well recognized from the literature of ancient Greece and Rome through the Renaissance but largely overlooked by modern criticism. Arguing that the manuscript is a single integrated artifact and not merely a collection, he shows that it is held together, as is the universe, by mathematical equations called the Divine Proportion in the Middle Ages and phi by modern mathematicians. More than a critical study of four poems in a manuscript, Condren's detailed discussion of numeric theory reveals the medieval way of understanding the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University Press of Florida United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Place of Publication
Florida, United States
ISBN
9780813025544
SKU
V9780813025544
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About Edward I. Condren
Edward I. Condren is professor of English at UCLA and the author of Chaucer and the Energy of Creation (UPF, 1999).
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