The Dead.
- Author / Editor
- Wallace, Andtew.
The Dead.
- Published
- The Presence of Rome in Medieval and Early Modern Britain: Texts, Artefacts and Beliefs (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020), pp. 172-218.
- Description
- In Wallace's volume dedicated to examining various aspects of the importance of Rome and the Latin language--classical and Christian--in early British culture, this chapter focuses on their roles in theorizing and depicting relations between living and dying in literature from Chaucer to Donne, anticipated by Augustine and Dante. Discusses aspects of the GP description of the Prioress and PrPT, emphasizing the importance of song and prayer as metaphysical/theological bridges between life and death
- Alternative Title
- Presence of Rome in Medieva land Early Modern Britain: Texts, Artefacts and Beliefs
- Chaucer Subjects
- Prioress and Her Tale
Background and General Criticism