{"product_id":"the-passion-of-st-lawrence-epigrams-and-marginal-poems-9789004088658","title":"The Passion of St. Lawrence, Epigrams and Marginal Poems","description":"Nigel of Canterbury (often referred to as Nigel Wireker or Nigel de Longchamps) was a monk of Christ Church, Canterbury, during the troubled decades after the martyrdom of Thomas Becket. Nigel is widely known for his \u003ci\u003eSpeculum Stultorum\u003c\/i\u003e, an amusing satiric poem nearly four thousand lines in length, and for a caustic treatise that has been given the title \u003ci\u003eTractatus contra Curiales et Officiales Clericos\u003c\/i\u003e. Although his seventeen \u003ci\u003eMiracula Sancte Dei genitricis uirginis Marie, uersifice\u003c\/i\u003e have been edited recently, not all his other works have fared well.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Passion of St. Lawrence, Epigrams and Marginal Poems\u003c\/i\u003e brings into print for the first time Nigel's remaining poems. From British Library Cotton Vespasian D xix are edited his account in rhymed hexameters of the passion of Saint Lawrence and thirteen epigrams; from Cambridge, Trinity College B. 15. 5 (342) are published newly discovered marginal poems that shed light upon his techniques of poetic composition.\u003cbr\u003eThe volume opens with a general introduction on Nigel's writings, his life at Canterbury, and notable features of his verse. Each of the three texts or sets of texts is preceded by a brief introduction and followed by a detailed commentary, which glosses difficult words and constructions and which points the reader to literary sources and analogues. The volume concludes with indexes of names and of notable words.\u003cbr\u003eThis new edition deepens our perspective upon Nigel of Canterbury and upon intellectual life in Canterbury after the death of Becket.","brand":"Jan M. Ziolkowski","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48269004570875,"sku":"9789004088658","price":310.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_4c7d6e75-15c9-45ce-ba07-114ab5d94422.jpg?v=1770951340","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/the-passion-of-st-lawrence-epigrams-and-marginal-poems-9789004088658","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}