Images of Faith in English Literature, 700-1500: An Introduction
- Author / Editor
- Dyas, Dee.
Images of Faith in English Literature, 700-1500: An Introduction
- Published
- London and New York: Longman, 1997
- Physical Description
- xii, 332 pp.
- Description
- An introduction to the influence of Christian thought and history on Old and Middle English literatures. A chapter on "Piers Plowman" and CT (pp. 101-38) surveys late-medieval ecclesiastical offices, the theology of salvation, penance and pilgrimage, and heresy, focusing on definition and clarification of terms. Also includes four chapters on Old English literature and one each on Middle English contemplative literature, religious lyrics, the works of the "Pearl" poet, and drama.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Background and General Criticism.
- Canterbury Tales--General.