塑造神圣:"珍珠"诗人与英国中世纪感官文化

14世纪中古英语头韵复兴运动中的翘楚诗人“珍珠”的全部作品仅有一份手稿存世（大英图书馆柯顿·尼禄A.X手稿）。本书立足于对《珍珠》手稿中三首基于经文的长诗（《清洁》《坚忍》《珍珠》）之中古英语原文的训诂和细读，研究“珍珠”诗人对神性的理解，并探讨诗人对中世纪感官文化及相关思想史背景的反刍。

包慧怡，本科毕业于复旦大学英文系，爱尔兰都柏林大学英文系中世纪文学博士，现为复旦大学英文系讲师。研究古英语与中古英语诗歌，及中世纪手抄本中的图文互动。著有学术专著《中古英语抒情诗的艺术》（2018），在国内外核心期刊发表学术论文十余篇。

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Acknowledgements iiiList of Abbreviations

CHAPTER ONE: Introduction

I. General Introduction and Aims of Research

II. The Pearl-Poet and the Medieval Sensorium

III. Historical and Ecclesiastical Milieu

IV. Contemporary Religious Writings

V. Ambiguous Divinity: The Pearl-Poet’s Representation

CHAPTER TWO:Cleanness: The Dialectics of Visio Dei, and Ocular Scepticism

I. Theme, Structure and Sources

II. God Seeing and Being Seen: The Dialectics of Visio Dei

III. Seeing, Touching and Believing: Sensorial Scepticism

IV. Conclusion

CHAPTER THREE:Patience: Auditory Epiphanies and the Dialogics of Interaction

I. Overview and Sources

II. The Epiphany of the Ear

III. Jonah’s Voice

IV. Conclusion

CHAPTER FOUR:Pearl: The Sensory Itinerary towards Jerusalem

I. Descent in the Erber: Corporeal Perception

II. Advance in the Terrestrial Paradise: Spiritual Perception

III. Ascent toward the Heavenly City: Mystical or Psychosomatic Perception

IV. Conclusion

CHAPTER FIVE: Conclusion

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