Pearl of Great Price: A Literary Translation of the Middle English Pearl

by David Gould

The Middle English poem Pearl is an elegy on the death of a child, written to provide consolation for the loss of a loved one through instruction in Christian theology. The mourning father's faith in God has been shaken by his daughter's death. Having fainted away on his daughter's grave, he is transported in a dream vision to an earthy paradise where he sees his daughter across a stream, transfigured and clothed in garments set with pearls. She explains...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761859241
• ISBN13: 9780761859246
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: University Press of America
• Length: 326 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.9"