Chasing the Pearl-Manuscript
Arthur Bahr
Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik / Innenarchitektur, Design
Beschreibung
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.
