Digby Poems

A New Edition of the Lyrics

Häftad, Engelska, 2009

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In Helen Barr’s new edition, the 24 short lyrics of Oxford Bodleian MS Digby 102 are freshly transcribed and edited. The critical apparatus includes a full introduction, extensive annotation to each poem, and a new glossary. New evidence shows that this sequence of poems was written in the early years of Henry V’s reign (c.1413–14), and most probably by a Benedictine monk eager to add his support for the Henrician new dawn. There is strong support for war against France and for the proper conduct of parliamentary business. The poems are rigorous in their call for orthodox reform from within the Church. Throughout, the concerns of Church and State are inseparable from a fierce call for penitence, both collective and individual. The sequence contains some harrowing devotional writing; the poet makes especially agile use of demanding stanza forms to ensure that human beings are left in no doubt as to their failings. Barr’s extensive annotation brings out not just the political significance of the poems but also their place in the tradition of devotional writing.

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Utgivningsdatum2009-07-10
Mått153 x 229 x undefined mm
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieExeter Medieval Texts and Studies
Antal sidor368
FörlagLiverpool University Press
ISBN9780859898171

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AcknowledgementsIntroduction1. The manuscript2. Previous editions of Digby lyrics3. Critical reception4. Date5. Religious sensibilities6. Social temper7. Poetics8. ProvenanceAppendix: Parallels between the Digby lyrics and the Macaronic sermons in MS Bodley 649Abbreviations and select bibliographyThe lyrics from MS Digby 1021. Loue God and drede2. Mede and muche thank3. Treuth, reste and pes4. Lerne say wele, say litel, or say no3t5. Wyt and Wille6. To lyf bodyly is perylous7. Man, knowe thy self, and lerne to dye8. A good makynge of iour delaye9. With God of loue and pes 3e trete10. A good steryng to heuenward11. God & man ben made atte on12. God kepe oure kyng and saue the croune13. Dede is worchyng14. Man be warre er the be woo15. The descryung of mannes membres16. A remembraunce of Lij folyes17. Loue that God loueth18. The declarying of religioun19. Untitled20. Untitled21. A lernyng to good leynge22. Knowe thy self and thy God23. Of the sacrament of the altere24. The Lessouns of the DirigeGlossaryIndex of proper names

Helen Barr demonstrates that the Digby poems are worthy of serious study and offers a model of how to read unhistorical writing historically. Journal of English and Germanic Philology, Vol. 110, No. 1 ... this is very much an edition to be welcomed. Journal of English and Germanic Philology, Vol. 110, No. 1 Barr is to be commended for her production of a fine edition of fascinating, layered, and subtle verse collection, and this new volume will greatly aid teaching and encourage new research. Years Work in English