Wisdom and Number: Toward a Critical Appraisal of the Middle English Religious Lyric

Table of contents

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• Title Page iii
• Preface vii
• Contents xiii
• Abbreviations Used in This Study: 2
• Chapter One - the Lyrics as Songs 3
• Chapter Two - the Lyric Situation 35
• Chapter Three: Some Religious Structures 56
• Chapter Four - Analogy and Imagery 90
• Chapter Five - Piety and Wit 138
• Conclusion 171
• Appendix 177
• Index of Poems 185
• Index of Principal Topics 191
• A Note About the Author 195