{"product_id":"9781603292917","title":"Approaches to Teaching the Middle English Pearl","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe moving, richly allegorical poem \u003ci\u003ePearl\u003c\/i\u003e was written in Middle English by the anonymous who likely also penned \u003ci\u003eSir Gawain and the Green Knight\u003c\/i\u003e. In it, a man in a garden, grieving the loss of a beloved pearl, dreams of the Pearl-Maiden, who appears across a stream. She teaches him the nature of innocence, God's grace, meekness, and purity. Though granted a vision of the New Jerusalem by the Pearl-Maiden, the dreamer is pained to discover that he cannot cross the stream himself and join her in bliss—at least not yet. This extraordinary poem is a door into late medieval poetics and Catholic piety.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 1 of this volume, \"Materials,\" introduces instructors to the many resources available for teaching the canonical yet challenging \u003ci\u003ePearl\u003c\/i\u003e, including editions, translations, and scholarship on the poem as well as its historical context. The essays in part 2, \"Approaches,\" offer instructors tools for introducing students to critical issues associated with the poem, such as its authorship, sources and analogues, structure and language, and relation to other works of its time. Contributors draw on interdisciplinary approaches to outline ways of teaching \u003ci\u003ePearl\u003c\/i\u003e in a variety of classroom contexts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Modern Language Association of America","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47050528981232,"sku":"9781603292917","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781603292917_p0.jpg?v=1763829724","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781603292917","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}