Shoaf here presents a hitherto neglected Middle English text for both undergraduate and graduate classrooms: Thomas Usk's The Testament of Love. Left unpublished since the nineteenth century, Usk's modern edition includes glosses, notes, and a contextualizing introduction to assist students of all levels in approaching Usk's Middle English poem. The fourteenth century work describes Love descending to Usk's prison cell, and the two engaging in a long, theological conversation reminiscent of Boethius's Consolation of Philosophy. Notable for its idiosyncratic imagery, wide variety of themes, and Christian sentimentality, The Testament of Love is a fascinating text to be studied in any Middle English classroom.
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R. Allen Shoaf is Professor of English at the University of Florida. He co-founded and edited Exemplaria: A Journal of Theory in Medieval and Renaissance Studies between 1987 and 2008 and currently is a member of the Advisory Boards of The Chaucer Review and Advances in Literary Study.
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Etat : New. 1st edition. Large format paperback, F. xiv+455pp, a fine copy. A critical student edition of The Testament of Love, which is an allegorical prose work written whilst the author, Thomas Usk was in prison. The poem describes Love descending to Usk's prison cell, and the two engaging in a long, theological conversation reminiscent of Boethius' Consolation of Philosophy. 1000 grams. N° de réf. du vendeur 59372
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Etat : New. 1st edition. Large format paperback, F. xiv+455pp, a fine copy. A critical student edition of The Testament of Love, which is an allegorical prose work written whilst the author, Thomas Usk was in prison. The poem describes Love descending to Usk's prison cell, & the two engaging in a long, theological conversation reminiscent of Boethius' Consolation of Philosophy. 1000 grams. N° de réf. du vendeur 59373
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Paperback. Etat : New. Thomas Usk, a fourteenth-century bureaucrat and scrivener, is known primarily for his Testament of Love. Likely composed between 1385-1386 after the author was imprisoned for his political alliances, the Testament follows a personified Love descending into Usk's prison cell and engaging him in an extensive theological discussion. Chief among the protagonist's complaints is his longing for Margarite, his lady love, though other topics include a quasi-feminist defense of women, the functions of the law, his political discontent, and the nature of free will. In his dream-vision, Usk draws inspiration from Boethius's Consolation of Philosophy, as well as Chaucer and Gower, in his prolific exploration of Christian sentimentality. R. Allen Shoaf presents the first edition since the nineteenth century, provides glosses and notes to render the Middle English text accessible, and rethinks the relationship between Usk and his more famous literary contemporaries-namely, William Langland and Geoffrey Chaucer. N° de réf. du vendeur LU-9781580440011
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