John Lydgate’s “Dance of Death” and Related Works
Edited by Megan L. Cook Edited by Elizaveta Strakhov
Paperback (Published)
(October 2019)
ISBN: 9781580443807
8.27 x 10.24 inches
Price: $19.95
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A new edition of both texts of John Lydgate’s Dance of Death as well as related Middle English verse, and a new translation of the French Danse Macabre.
This volume joins new editions of both texts of John Lydgate’s The Dance of Death, related Middle English verse, and a new translation of Lydgate’s French source, the Danse macabre. Together these poems showcase the power of the danse macabre motif, offering a window into life and death in late medieval Europe. In vivid, often grotesque, and darkly humorous terms, these poems ponder life’s fundamental paradox: while we know that we all must die, we cannot imagine our own death.
Acknowledgements Introduction John Lydgate, Dance of Death: A version (Selden) John Lydgate, Dance of Death: B version (Lansdowne) Other Late Medieval Poems about Death Poems in the Dance of Death Tradition La Danse macabre, translation by Elizaveta Strakhov Explanatory Notes Textual Notes Bibliography Glossary,
Acknowledgements
Introduction
John Lydgate, Dance of Death: A version (Selden)
John Lydgate, Dance of Death: B version (Lansdowne)
Other Late Medieval Poems about Death
Poems in the Dance of Death Tradition
La Danse macabre, translation by Elizaveta Strakhov
Explanatory Notes
Textual Notes
Bibliography
Glossary
- Edited by Megan L. Cook
- Edited by Elizaveta Strakhov
Other Titles in this Series
Guillaume de Machaut, The Complete Poetry and Music, Volume 1
The Debate Poems: Le Jugement dou Roy de Behaigne, Le Jugement dou Roy de Navarre, Le Lay de Plour
Two Middle English Prayer Cycles
Holkham, "Prayers and Meditations" and Simon Appulby, "Fruyte of Redempcyon"
Sentimental and Humorous Romances
Floris and Blancheflour, Sir Degrevant, The Squire of Low Degree, The Tournament of Tottenham, and The Feast of Tottenham
The Dialogue of Solomon and Marcolf
A Dual-Language Edition from Latin and Middle English Printed Editions
Christine de Pizan’s Advice for Princes in Middle English Translation
Stephen Scrope’s "The Epistle of Othea" and the Anonymous "Lytle Bibell of Knyghthod"
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