{"product_id":"cornish-literature-9780859913645","title":"Cornish Literature","description":"\u003cb\u003eComparative study of Cornish literature, placing it in a wider context and looking in detail at major works.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e`This admirable survey...compact, smoothly written, easy to read and digest, yet indicative throughout of profound scholarship and an obvious mastery of the field, \u003ci\u003eCornish Literature\u003c\/i\u003eprovides an enduring guide to this smallbut significant genre. The three Middle Cornish plays - in English titles, \u003ci\u003eThe Creation of the World\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLife of St Meriasek\u003c\/i\u003eand the tripartite \u003ci\u003eOrdinalia\u003c\/i\u003e - accompany a long \u003ci\u003ePascon agan Arluth\u003c\/i\u003e, a verse `Passion of our Lord' and the odd fragment... His last chapter, `Survivals and Revivals', is a fair but detached account covering a long (1611 to 1992) phase that will also interest sociologists. The chief strength of his book is the textual analysis of the main plays, placing them alongside medieval English drama as well as the larger European manifestation of religious drama and the complex question of all their biblical and quasi-biblical sources. There is auseful bibliography. Modestly priced, Brian Murdoch's scholarly and attractive guide should appeal to many beyond medievalist circles; it will not be superseded for a long time.' \u003ci\u003eTHE TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBRIAN MURDOCH\u003c\/i\u003eis head of the Department of German at Stirling University.","brand":"Brian Murdoch","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48280666865915,"sku":"9780859913645","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9780859913645.jpg?v=1772483204","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/cornish-literature-9780859913645","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}