Prophetic Song: The Psalms as Moral Discourse in Late Medieval England

Michael P. Kuczynski

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 1995

Prophetic Song

The Psalms as Moral Discourse in Late Medieval England

Michael P. Kuczynski

In the series Anniversary Collection

In the series The Middle Ages Series

https://doi.org/10.9783/9781512803310

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A study of the Psalter's influence on the language of prescription and proscription, injunction, command, censure, reproof, and other ethical instruction in late medieval England, as well as exegesis and meditation that clearly had a homiletic or polemic bias. Among the themes is the distinction between the private and public use the Psalms were put to, and the deliberate blurring of that distinction to illustrate the unity between individual salvation and the reform of society.

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Michael Kuczynski is Associate Professor of English at Tulane University.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
Illustrations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	XI
Abbreviations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	XIII
Preface: “...Beatus vitres techyng” Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	XV
A Note on Psalm Texts and Middle English Quotations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	XXVI
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	XXVIII
Part I. Interpreting the Psalms
Chapter 1. David the “Maker” Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	2
Chapter 2. Imitating David Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	51
Part II. Psalm Discourse
Chapter 3. David as a Model of Compunction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	81
Chapter 4. The Psalms as Models for Middle English Poetry Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	120
Part III. Psalm Ideology
Chapter 5. Two Versions of Captivity: Lydgate, the Lollards, and Psalm Complaint Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
Chapter 6. William Langland, Radical Psalmist Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	189
Afterword Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	216
Appendixes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	225
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	243
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	273
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	285
Backmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	293

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Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Edition: Reprint 2016
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 336
Illustrations
- Other: 4 illus.
Keywords: Religion; Medieval and Renaissance Studies; Literature; Cultural Studies; Religious Studies

eBook

Published: November 11, 2016
ISBN: 9781512803310