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Author:   Jean E. Jost ,  Hoyt Greeson
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 21.60cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 27.90cm
Weight:   0.594kg
ISBN:  

9781476671192

ISBN 10:   1476671192
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   06 December 2019
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments    ix General Introduction    1 I. Introduction to the Poem and Manuscript    7  Description of HM 128, Huntington Library, San Marino, California    7   Contents of HM 128    7   Date, Collation, and Hands    7   Foliation    8   Physical Description and Page Arrangement    8   Decoration and Textual Presentation in the Pricke of Conscience, HM 128    8  Versions of the Pricke of Conscience    8   Manuscript Editions    8   Modern and Medieval Editions    9  Provenance of the Pricke of Conscience, HM 128    10   Authorship    10   Dating    10   Language (by Hoyt Greeson)    10  Manuscript Choice    12   Criteria for “Best Text” of Pricke of Conscience Manuscript    12   Rationale    15  Editorial Policy       Spelling, Punctuation, Capitalization, Abbreviations and Division Markers    16   Latin Quotations    16   Critical Apparatus    16   Bibliographies    17   Notes    17 II. Pricke of Conscience  Facsimile of Huntington Manuscript 128 Folio 1 recto    21  Prologue: God’s Power Folio 1r    23  Part I. Man’s Wretchedness Folio 4v    30  Part II. The Instability of the World Folio 10v    42  Part III. Death Folio 18v    58  Part IV. Purgatory Folio 28v    78  Part V. Ten Signs of Doomsday Folio 42v    106  Part VI. The Pains of Hell Folio 69v    160  Part VII. The Joys of Heaven Folio 77v    176  Select Glossary (by Hoyt Greeson)    211  Select Bibliography: Content of HM 128    238  Select Bibliography: Dialect, Sources, and Definitions (by Hoyt Greeson)    240  Index    241

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Jean E. Jost is an emerita professor of English literature at Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois, where she taught medieval literature, women’s literature and advanced writing for 27 years.

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