Awards

• Winner of Winner of the 2015-16 Anne Middleton Book Prize, awarded by the International Piers Plowman Society.

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Author:   Rebecca Davis (University of California, Irvine)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 13.90cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.00cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9780198778400

ISBN 10:   0198778406
Pages:   290
Publication Date:   15 September 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order  
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Table of Contents

Preface: The Books of Nature Introduction: The Craft of Kynde 1: From Cosmos to Microcosm: Nature, Allegory, Humanism 2: 'Fader and formour': Langland's Creator Kynde 3: Diverse si(gtes: Encyclopedism and Interpretation in Piers Plowman 4: Beyond Measure: Langland's Law of Kynde 5: 'Fullynge' Kynde: Nature, Salvation, and Human Action in Piers Plowman Epilogue: Kynde courtesy Bibliography

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The structure of Davis's analysis artfully reflects her aim of shedding light on the interrelation of the cosmos and the earthly microcosm: her book centres on the complexities hidden within a single keyword, which she then connects to debates and discourses springing from medieval mythology, allegory, science, law and philosophy. * Mary C. Flannery, The Times Literary Supplement *

Author Information

Rebecca Davis is Assistant Professor of English at the University of California, Irvine. She received her PhD from the University of Notre Dame in 2006. Her work has appeared in the Chaucer Review, Yearbook of Langland Studies, postmedieval, and Studies in the Age of Chaucer. She is currently co-editor of the Yearbook of Langland Studies.

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