Piers Plowman and the poetics of enigma : riddles, rhetoric, and theology /
"In this book, Curtis Gruenler proposes that the concept of the enigmatic, latent in a wide range of medieval thinking about literature, can help us better understand in medieval terms much of the era's most enduring literature, from the riddles of the Anglo-Saxon bishop Aldhelm to the gre...
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Notre Dame, Indiana :
University of Notre Dame Press,
[2017]
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Piers Plowman and the Poetics of Enigma; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 Language for a Theology of Participation, Theory for a Poetics of Enigma; RIDDLES ENIGMA AS PLAY; CHAPTER 2 Riddling Traditions, Participatory Play, and Langland's First Vision; CHAPTER 3 Riddle Contests and Langland's Fourth Vision; RHETORIC ENIGMA AS PERSUASION; CHAPTER 4 Enigma in the Curriculum: Langland's Third Vision; CHAPTER 5 Enigmatic Authority: Langland's Second Vision; THEOLOGY ENIGMA AS PARTICIPATION.
- CHAPTER 6 Enigma and Participation in Langland's Fifth Vision and Julian's RevelationCHAPTER 7 Games of Heaven, Games of Earth: Ending with Enigmas; Epilogue; List of Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
