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020 _a9781487592837
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024 7 _a10.3138/9781487592837
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035 _a(DE-B1597)9781487592837
035 _a(DE-B1597)513734
035 _a(OCoLC)1091658839
040 _aDE-B1597
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084 _aonline - DeGruyter
245 0 4 _aThe Court of Sapience /
_ced. by Elizabeth Ruth Harvey.
264 1 _aToronto :
_bUniversity of Toronto Press,
_c[1984]
264 4 _c©1984
300 _a1 online resource (272 p.)
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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347 _atext file
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490 0 _aHeritage
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520 _aThe medieval English allegorical poem, The Court of Sapience, was written in the middle of the fifteenth century by an unknown author. It is best described as an encyclopaedia: in the allegory the poet describes the nature and activities of wisdom in all its aspects. He includes a moving account of the fall of a man and his restoration by divine wisdom; then he leads his dreamer through a landscape where all the traditional beauties of nature are catalogued and assigned their properties. The visit to the castle of Sapience, inhabited by all the branches of learning and the seven restorative virtues, completes the poem as we have it. The first edition was an early production of Caxton's press, and it was reprinted by his successor, Wynkyn de Worde. This is a new edition of Caxton's text of the poem. Variant readings from the extant manuscripts have investigated in detail and are discussed in the lengthy introduction and extensive commentary. The poem is an attractive work in itself, and has been admired by C.S. Lewis and other modern critics. It is also a valuable witness to the taste of the early Tudor period.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Nov 2023)
650 7 _aLITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval.
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700 1 _aHarvey, Elizabeth Ruth
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850 _aIT-RoAPU
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781487592837
856 4 2 _3Cover
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