Death and Purgatory in Middle English Didactic Poetry
- Author / Editor
- Matsuda, Takami.
Death and Purgatory in Middle English Didactic Poetry
- Published
- Woodbridge, Suffolk;
- Rochester, N.Y.: D. S. Brewer, 1997.
- Physical Description
- x, 278 pp.
- Description
- Traces the development of the doctrine of purgatory in medieval art and literature, focusing on Middle English homiletic and didactic writings on death and the necessity of intercession for souls in purgatory.
- Such works encourage pragmatic, prudential preparation before death to alleviate postmortem suffering.
- Occasional references to Chaucer's works, particularly PardPT.650::Pardoner and His Tale.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Background and General Criticism.