| John Lydgate's 'Dance of Death' and Related Works Contributor(s): Cook, Megan L. (Editor), Strakhov, Elizaveta (Editor) |
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ISBN: 158044380X ISBN-13: 9781580443807 Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications OUR PRICE: $19.75 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Language: English, Middle (1100-1500) Published: October 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | Medieval - Literary Criticism | Medieval - Poetry | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 821.2 |
| LCCN: 2019034706 |
| Series: Teams Middle English Texts |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 7.9" W x 9.9" (0.95 lbs) 208 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume joins new editions of both texts of John Lydgate's The Dance of Death, related Middle English verse, and a new translation of Lydgate's French source, the Danse macabre. Together these poems showcase the power of the danse macabre motif, offering a window into life and death in late medieval Europe. In vivid, often grotesque, and darkly humorous terms, these poems ponder life's fundamental paradox: while we know that we all must die, we cannot imagine our own death. |