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The Kingis Quair and Other Prison Poems

Engelsk Paperback

The Kingis Quair and Other Prison Poems

Engelsk Paperback
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Prison poems, texts written in conditions of physical captivity or on the subject of imprisonment, flourished in the fifteenth century. This edition compiles five such poems, all of which draw on Boethius’s Consolation of Philosophy, the sixth-century philosophical treatise that preached against fickle Fortune and for the constancy of God. James I of Scotland and Charles D’Orleans—both royalty captured by political rivals—follow a Boethian trajectory in their poems (the Older Scots Kingis Quair and Middle English Fortunes Stabilnes, respectively), though they situate themselves as prisoners to love. George Ashby, a government clerk imprisoned for an unknown reason, pleads in his Complaint of a Prisoner in the Fleet 1463 for patience and purification of the soul against the vicissitudes of Fortune. Taken together, these poems consider prison not only as a physical condition but also as a literary trope that allows for both complaint and empowerment, providing avenues for escape through the pursuit of love, religious faith, or intellectual contemplation.

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Prison poems, texts written in conditions of physical captivity or on the subject of imprisonment, flourished in the fifteenth century. This edition compiles five such poems, all of which draw on Boethius’s Consolation of Philosophy, the sixth-century philosophical treatise that preached against fickle Fortune and for the constancy of God. James I of Scotland and Charles D’Orleans—both royalty captured by political rivals—follow a Boethian trajectory in their poems (the Older Scots Kingis Quair and Middle English Fortunes Stabilnes, respectively), though they situate themselves as prisoners to love. George Ashby, a government clerk imprisoned for an unknown reason, pleads in his Complaint of a Prisoner in the Fleet 1463 for patience and purification of the soul against the vicissitudes of Fortune. Taken together, these poems consider prison not only as a physical condition but also as a literary trope that allows for both complaint and empowerment, providing avenues for escape through the pursuit of love, religious faith, or intellectual contemplation.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 214
ISBN-13: 9781580440936
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 1580440932
Udg. Dato: 1 maj 2005
Længde: 14mm
Bredde: 179mm
Højde: 252mm
Forlag: Medieval Institute Publications
Oplagsdato: 1 maj 2005
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Kategori Middelalderens engelsk


ISBN-13 9781580440936


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 214


Udgave


Længde 14mm


Bredde 179mm


Højde 252mm


Udg. Dato 1 maj 2005


Oplagsdato 1 maj 2005


Forlag Medieval Institute Publications

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