Pearl: A Study in The Light of the Literary Traditions and the Poet's Own Genius
Ann Arbor: University Microfilms, 1969. Facsimile edition. Softcover. Octavo. (iii) 188pp. Blue wrappers with black lettering on the white title label, on front cover. This is a facsimile of a Ph.D. dissertation submitted to the graduate School of Arts and Sciences of the University of Cincinnati, in 1960. The work is an in depth analysis of the famed Middle-English poem "Pearl", with a detailed look at poetic language and structure, as well as the contemporary literary and religious traditions of the day. Annotations in pen from the original document have been copied to the facsimile. Binding with minor scratches and creasing to the front and back cover. Spine lightly sunned, with light rubbing to head & tail. Binding in overall very good-, interior in near fine condition. vg- to near fine. Item #40755
Price: $45.00