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Small Consolation?: Goscelin of St. Bertin’s Liber confortatorius and the Middle English Pearl

Small Consolation?: Goscelin of St. Bertin’s Liber confortatorius and the Middle English Pearl abstract: This article explores the evocative parallels between Goscelin of St. Bertin’s Liber confortatorius and the Middle English Pearl , focusing in particular on the allusive female figures at the heart of each text. In examining the similarities, it pays close attention to the representation of death and the afterlife. Both Goscelin’s Liber and Pearl are consolatory poems, although the Liber is often read primarily as an early guide for a woman recluse. This article argues that placing Pearl within the same anchoritic tradition, a tradition strongly embedded within medieval women’s literary culture, throws new light on the poem. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Chaucer Review Penn State University Press

Small Consolation?: Goscelin of St. Bertin’s Liber confortatorius and the Middle English Pearl

The Chaucer Review , Volume 51 (1) – Jan 21, 2016

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Abstract

abstract: This article explores the evocative parallels between Goscelin of St. Bertin’s Liber confortatorius and the Middle English Pearl , focusing in particular on the allusive female figures at the heart of each text. In examining the similarities, it pays close attention to the representation of death and the afterlife. Both Goscelin’s Liber and Pearl are consolatory poems, although the Liber is often read primarily as an early guide for a woman recluse. This article argues that placing Pearl within the same anchoritic tradition, a tradition strongly embedded within medieval women’s literary culture, throws new light on the poem.

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The Chaucer ReviewPenn State University Press

Published: Jan 21, 2016

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