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Michael P. Kuczynski.
Prophetic Song: the Psalms as Moral Discourse in Late Medieval England.
Published Philadelphia: Pennsylvania U.P., 1995.
Series: The Middle Ages.
ISBN 0812232712.
Binding: hardback, stitch bound; decorated boards, published without a dustjacket.
Printed in the USA.
Size: 156x234x26mm.
Page count: xxx,292pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition good: boards & spine have some mild dinks on the edges and corners; boards starting to warp a little; looks in good order internally, text appears to be free of marking.

This item £12.00
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[Publisher’s price $49.95/£32.50]
Weight without packaging: 735g.

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Contents:
Interpreting the Psalms: David the "Maker"; Imitating David;
Psalm discourse: David as model of compunction; Psalms as model for Middle English poetry;
Psalm ideology: 2 versions of captivity — Lydgate, Lollards, & Psalm complaint; William Langland, radical psalmist.
Appendices: "The direccioun of a mannys lyfe"; "The remnant of my thoughts".

Notes: at end of book
Tables: no
Illustrations: 4, monochrome
Maps & plans: no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: 11pp
Index: yes

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