Thomas Usk, The Testament of Love

By (author) Thomas Usk Edited by R. Allen Shoaf

Book cover: Thomas Usk, The Testament of Love

Extent: 471 pages

Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications

Subjects: Literary Studies, Medieval Studies

Series: TEAMS Middle English Texts Series

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(June 1998)

ISBN: 9781580440011

7.01 x 10 inches

Price: $39.95

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PDF (Published)

(June 1998)

ISBN: 9781580444040

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Shoaf here presents a hitherto neglected Middle English text for both undergraduate and graduate classrooms: Thomas Usk’s The Testament of Love. Left unpublished since the nineteenth century, Usk’s modern edition includes glosses, notes, and a contextualizing introduction to assist students of all levels in approaching Usk’s Middle English poem. The fourteenth century work describes Love descending to Usk’s prison cell, and the two engaging in a long, theological conversation reminiscent of Boethius’s Consolation of Philosophy. Notable for its idiosyncratic imagery, wide variety of themes, and Christian sentimentality, The Testament of Love is a fascinating text to be studied in any Middle English classroom.

Preface Acknowledgements Introduction i. Nature of the Project ii. Usk's Biography iii. Overview of The Testament of Love a. Plot b. Sources c. Imagery d. Themes e. Ideology iv. Usk and His Contemporaries v. Importance of The Testament of Love vi. Guide to this Edition a. The Transcription b. Transcription Conventions c. How to Read this Edition d. Glosses and Glossary e. Annotations f. The Problem of the Broken Sequence of Book 3 g. Hypertext Version Select Bibliography (with Annotations) Summary of The Testament of Love The Testament of Love Prologue Book 1 Book 2 Book 3 Notes Introduction List of Abbreviations Prologue Book 1 Book 2 Book 3 Appendices 1. The Pearl (TL 2.12 and 3.1) 2. The Appeal of Thomas Usk against John Northampton (TL 1.6-8) 3. St. Anselm's De Concordia (Sections Relevant to TL), Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
i. Nature of the Project
ii. Usk's Biography
iii. Overview of The Testament of Love
a. Plot
b. Sources
c. Imagery
d. Themes
e. Ideology
iv. Usk and His Contemporaries
v. Importance of The Testament of Love
vi. Guide to this Edition
a. The Transcription
b. Transcription Conventions
c. How to Read this Edition
d. Glosses and Glossary
e. Annotations
f. The Problem of the Broken Sequence of Book 3
g. Hypertext Version
Select Bibliography (with Annotations)
Summary of The Testament of Love

The Testament of Love
Prologue
Book 1
Book 2
Book 3

Notes
Introduction
List of Abbreviations
Prologue
Book 1
Book 2
Book 3
Appendices
1. The Pearl (TL 2.12 and 3.1)
2. The Appeal of Thomas Usk against John Northampton (TL 1.6-8)
3. St. Anselm's De Concordia (Sections Relevant to TL)
  • By (author) Thomas Usk
  • Edited by R. Allen Shoaf