Chasing the Pearl-Manuscript

Speculation, Shapes, Delight

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

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Beskrivning

A unique study of the only physical manuscript containing Sir Gawain and the Green Knight as both a material and literary object. In this book, Arthur Bahr takes a fresh look at the four poems and twelve illustrations of the so-called “Pearl-Manuscript,” the only surviving medieval copy of two of the best-known Middle English poems: Pearl and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. In Chasing the Pearl-Manuscript, Bahr explores how the physical manuscript itself enhances our perception of the poetry, drawing on recent technological advances (such as spectroscopic analysis) to show the Pearl-Manuscript to be a more complex piece of material, visual, and textual art than previously understood. By connecting the manuscript’s construction to the intricate language in the texts, Bahr suggests new ways to understand both what poetry is and what poetry can do.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2025-03-27
Mått:152 x 229 x 32 mm
Vikt:821 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:240
Förlag:The University of Chicago Press
ISBN:9780226835358

Utforska kategorier

Bokkonst, bokformgivning inom Kultur
Litteraturvetenskap inom Skönlitteratur

Mer om författaren

Arthur Bahr is professor of literature and MacVicar Faculty Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the author of Fragments and Assemblages: Forming Compilations of Medieval London, also published by the University of Chicago Press.

Recensioner i media

“A helpful and thought-provoking model for reading medieval texts, given how little contextual information we often have for them. With respect to the Pearl manuscript, Bahr’s project is not to pin down its meaning, but to unfold the near-infinite possible meanings it seems to contain. . . . A study that is as compelling in its argument as it is bewildering in its seemingly insatiable attention to detail.”

Innehållsförteckning

IntroductionOne In Praise of SpeculationTwo The Expanding Singularity of PearlThree Layers of TimeFour Shaping Delight in CleannessFive (Mid)Points of InterestSix Touching PatienceSeven Speculative GeometryEight Chasing Sir Gawain’s Endless KnotFinal Reflections: The Pearl-Manuscript as Broken KaleidoscopeAcknowledgmentsBibliographyIndex