Overview

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.

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Author:   Megan L. Cook ,  Elizaveta Strakhov
Publisher:   Medieval Institute Publications
Imprint:   Medieval Institute Publications
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 21.00cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 26.00cm
Weight:   0.500kg
ISBN:  

9781580443807

ISBN 10:   158044380
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   31 October 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock  
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Table of Contents

"General Introduction John Lydgate, Dance of Death: A version John Lydgate, Dance of Death: B version Other Late Medieval Poems about Death John Lydgate, ""Death's Warning to the World"" (DIMEV 4905) ""Three Messengers of Death"" (DIMEV 5387) ""A Warning Spoken by the Soul of a Dead Person"" (DIMEV 3624) ""A Mirror for Young Ladies at their Toilet"" (DIMEV 3454) ""The Ressoning betuix Deth and Man,"" ascribed to Robert Henryson (DIMEV 4000) Poems in the Dance of Death Tradition ""The Dawnce of Makabre"" (DIMEV 4104) ""Can Ye Dance the Shaking of the Sheets"" (DIMEV 956) French Danse macabre, translated by Elizaveta Strakhov Explanatory Notes Textual Notes Bibliography Glossary"

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Megan L. Cook is an Assistant Professor of English at Colby College. Elizaveta Strakhov is an assistant professor of English at Marquette University.

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