{"product_id":"9781138678071","title":"The Signifying Power of Pearl : Medieval Literary and Cultural Contexts for the Transformation of Genre (Routledge Studies in Medieval Literature and Culture)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book enhances understanding of the 14\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e-century Middle English dream vision poem \u003ci\u003ePearl\u003c\/i\u003e, arguing that the poet intended it to be read at four levels of meaning and corresponding genres: literally, an elegy; spiritually, an allegory; morally, a consolation; and anagogically, a revelation. Using medieval and modern genre theory, it visits scholarly debates about \u003ci\u003ePearl’s\u003c\/i\u003e genre and meaning. It also considers folktale genre patterns in \u003ci\u003ePearl\u003c\/i\u003e, including those drawn from parable, fable, and fairy-tale, and reads it\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ein light of modern psychological theories of grieving and trauma. This book makes a strong case for recognizing \u003ci\u003ePearl’s\u003c\/i\u003e signifying power and the possibility of new interpretations. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45416793800783,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":5845.0,"currency_code":"TWD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0672\/9174\/2287\/files\/9781138678071-1.jpg?v=1780453067","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.tw\/products\/9781138678071","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Taiwan","version":"1.0","type":"link"}