MEDIEVAL DEATH & THE PLOWMAN BOHEMIAN GERMAN LITERATURE POEM GOD 1966 AMS HC

Description: DEATH AND THE PLOWMANorTHE BOHEMIAN PLOWMANAMS Press, NY. First AMS edition 1969, from the Chapel Hill edition of 1966. Very good hardcover, no dustjacket. Tight binding, solid spine, clean unmarked text. Illustrated, 40 pages.Considered one of the most important works of late medieval German literature. The poem's 34 short chapters are a dialog between a plowman, whose beloved wife has recently died, & Death. In odd-numbered chapters the grieving plowman accuses Death for his loss. In even-numbered chapters Death responds to the plowman's emotions with cold cynical logic. In the penultimate chapter God appears & adjudicates the dispute, reminding the plowman that he owes his life to God & reminding Death that he owes his powers to God. The final chapter is a prayer by the plowman for the soul of his wife. Sixteen manuscripts & 17 early printed editions of the work are preserved. Loc: E17StoreAdd to FavoritesFeedbackMEDIEVAL DEATH & THE PLOWMAN BOHEMIAN GERMAN LITERATURE POEM GOD 1966 AMS HC DEATH AND THE PLOWMANorTHE BOHEMIAN PLOWMANAMS Press, NY. First AMS edition 1969, from the Chapel Hill edition of 1966. Very good hardcover, no dustjacket. Tight binding, solid spine, clean unmarked text. Illustrated, 40 pages.Considered one of the most important works of late medieval German literature. The poem's 34 short chapters are a dialog between a plowman, whose beloved wife has recently died, & Death. In odd-numbered chapters the grieving plowman accuses Death for his loss. In even-numbered chapters Death responds to the plowman's emotions with cold cynical logic. In the penultimate chapter God appears & adjudicates the dispute, reminding the plowman that he owes his life to God & reminding Death that he owes his powers to God. The final chapter is a prayer by the plowman for the soul of his wife. Sixteen manuscripts & 17 early printed editions of the work are preserved. Loc: E17

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