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Spiritual and Material Boundaries in Old French Verse : Contemplating the Walls of the Earthly Paradise / Jacob Abell.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Research in Medieval and Early Modern Culture ; 37Publisher: Kalamazoo, MI : Medieval Institute Publications, [2023]Copyright date: ©2023Description: 1 online resource (VIII, 123 p.)Content type:
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  • 9781501520570
  • 9781501514272
  • 9781501514258
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 820
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- A Note on Sources -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Apocalyptic Solidarity and Worthless Gems in Benedeit’s Voyage of St. Brendan the Abbot -- Chapter 2 Holy and Human Self-Reflexivity in the Espurgatoire Seint Patriz of Marie de France -- Chapter 3 The Earthly Paradise That Never Was: Standing before the Walls of a Dream in the Roman de la Rose of Guillaume de Lorris -- Conclusion -- Works Cited -- Index
Summary: The Earthly Paradise was a vibrant symbol at the heart of medieval Christian geographies of the cosmos. As humanity’s primal home now lost through the sins of Adam of Eve, the Earthly Paradise figured prominently in Old French tales of lands beyond the mundane world. This study proposes a fresh look at the complex roles played by the Earthly Paradise in three medieval French poems: Marie de France’s The Purgatory of St. Patrick, Benedeit’s Voyage of Saint Brendan the Abbot, and Guillaume de Lorris’s The Romance of the Rose. By examining the literary, cultural, and artistic components that informed each poem, this book advances the thesis that the exterior walls of the Earthly Paradise served evolving purposes as contemplative objects that implicitly engaged complex notions of economic solidarity and idealized community. These visions of the Earthly Paradise stand to provide a striking contribution to a historically informed response to the contemporary legacies of colonialism and the international refugee crisis.
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Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- A Note on Sources -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Apocalyptic Solidarity and Worthless Gems in Benedeit’s Voyage of St. Brendan the Abbot -- Chapter 2 Holy and Human Self-Reflexivity in the Espurgatoire Seint Patriz of Marie de France -- Chapter 3 The Earthly Paradise That Never Was: Standing before the Walls of a Dream in the Roman de la Rose of Guillaume de Lorris -- Conclusion -- Works Cited -- Index

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The Earthly Paradise was a vibrant symbol at the heart of medieval Christian geographies of the cosmos. As humanity’s primal home now lost through the sins of Adam of Eve, the Earthly Paradise figured prominently in Old French tales of lands beyond the mundane world. This study proposes a fresh look at the complex roles played by the Earthly Paradise in three medieval French poems: Marie de France’s The Purgatory of St. Patrick, Benedeit’s Voyage of Saint Brendan the Abbot, and Guillaume de Lorris’s The Romance of the Rose. By examining the literary, cultural, and artistic components that informed each poem, this book advances the thesis that the exterior walls of the Earthly Paradise served evolving purposes as contemplative objects that implicitly engaged complex notions of economic solidarity and idealized community. These visions of the Earthly Paradise stand to provide a striking contribution to a historically informed response to the contemporary legacies of colonialism and the international refugee crisis.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 25. Jun 2024)

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