Pilgrimage in medieval English literature, 700-1500
By: Dee Dyas.
Publisher: D.S. Brewer
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK; Rochester, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
Subjects: English literature -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- History and criticism.; Pilgrims and pilgrimages in literature.; English literature -- Old English, ca. 450-1100 -- History and criticism.; Christian literature, English (Middle) -- History and criticism.; Christianity and literature -- England -- History -- To 1500.; Christian literature, English (Old) -- History and criticism.; Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages in literature.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-280) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Part 1: The Origins and Early Development of Christian Pilgrimage; title: Introduction: The Evolution of Pilgrimage; title: I. The Theology and Practice of Pilgrimage in the Bible; title: 2. Concepts of Pilgrimage in the Early Church; title: 3. The Development of Christian Iloly Places; title: 4, The Influence of the Cult of the Saints; title: Conclusion: The Meanings of Pilgrimage; title: Part II: The Exile and the Heavenly Home: Pilgrimage in Old; title: English Literature; title: Introduction: The Importance of Pilgrimage in Old English; title: Literature; title: 5. From Exile to Eternal Home: the Pilgrimage Motif in Old; title: English Poetry and Prose; title: 6. Place Pilgrimage in the Anglo-Saxon Church; title: 7. The Wanderer and the Seafarer Reconsidered; title: Conclusion; title: Part III: 'Parfit Pilgrimage' or Merely 'Wanderyng by the Weye'?; title: Literal and Metaphorical Pilgrimage in Middle English Literature; title: Introduction: Continuity and Controversy; title: 8. 'Place' Pilgrimage in Middle English Literature; title: 9. Piers Plowman; title: 10. The Canterbury Tales; title: 11. Inner Journeys; title: 12. Journeying to Jerusalem: An Overview of Literal and; title: Metaphorical Pilgrimage in Middle English Literature; title: Conclusion; title: Bibliography; title: Index.