Arthur Bahr: Chasing the Pearl-Manuscript

Cover: 9780226835358 | Chasing the Pearl-Manuscript | Speculation, Shapes, Delight | Bahr

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"In this book, Arthur Bahr takes a fresh look at a much-studied, unique object in English literature: the four poems and many illustrations contained in the so-called "Pearl-Manuscript" (British Library MS Cotton Nero A.x/2). These poems have been the subject of much scholarship, especially Pearl and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, two of the most well-known and -read poems from the English Middle Ages. Here Bahr attempts the first analysis of the poems and material object together. He explores how the physical manuscript itself--its composition and compilation, its intersecting aesthetic effects across linguistic and visual lines--enhances our perception of the poetry. Bahr reads Pearl, Cleanness, Patience, and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight through the lens of their unique, material incarnation in this singular object, taking advantage of recent technological advances (e.g., spectroscopic analysis and digital facsimiles) to show the Pearl-Manuscript to be a more complex piece of material, visual, and textual art than previous scholarship has allowed. Combining technology, literary close reading, and visual analysis, he connects the manuscript's material construction to the intricately wrought shapes, themes, and textual beauties evoked in the poetry to suggest new ways to understand what the poems are and do"--Provided by publisher.

Über den Autor

Arthur Bahr is professor of literature and MacVicar Faculty Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the author of Fragments and Assemblages: Forming Compilations of Medieval London, also published by the University of Chicago Press.

Erscheinungsjahr:	2025
Genre:	Gattungen & Methoden , Importe
Rubrik:	Literaturwissenschaft
Medium:	Buch
Inhalt:	Einband - fest (Hardcover)
ISBN-13:	9780226835358
ISBN-10:	0226835359
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Gebunden
Autor:	Bahr, Arthur
Hersteller:	University of Chicago Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	235 x 158 x 33 mm
Von/Mit:	Arthur Bahr
Erscheinungsdatum:	27.03.2025
Gewicht:	0,808 kg