Claims Of Poverty: Literature, Culture, And Ideology In Late Medieval England,New

Claims Of Poverty: Literature, Culture, And Ideology In Late Medieval England,New

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In The Claims Of Poverty, Kate Crassons Explores A Widespread Ideological Crisis Concerning Poverty That Emerged In The Aftermath Of The Plague In Late Medieval England. She Identifies Poverty As A Central Preoccupation In Texts Ranging From Piers Plowman And Wycliffite Writings To The Book Of Margery Kempe And The York Cycle Plays. Crassons Shows That These And Other Works Form A Complex Body Of Writing In Which Poets, Dramatists, And Preachers Anxiously Wrestled With The Status Of Poverty As A Force That Is At Once A Sacred Imitation Of Christ And A Social Stigma; A Voluntary Form Of Life And An Unwelcome Hardship; An Economic Reality And A Spiritual Disposition.Crassons Argues That Literary Texts Significantly Influenced The Cultural Conversation About Poverty, Deepening Our Understanding Of Its Urgency As A Social, Economic, And Religious Issue. These Texts Not Only Record Debates About The Nature Of Poverty As A Form Of Either Vice Or Virtue, But Explore Epistemological And Ethical Aspects Of The Debates. When Faced With A Claim Of Poverty, People Effectively Become Readers Interpreting The Signs Of Need In The Body And Speech Of Their Fellow Human Beings. The Literary And Dramatic Texts Of Late Medieval England Embodied The Complexity Of Such Interaction With Particular Acuteness, Revealing The Ethical Stakes Of Interpretation As An Act With Direct Material Consequences. As The Claims Of Poverty Demonstrates, Medieval Literature Shaped Perceptions About Who Is Defined As 'Poor,' And In So Doing It Emerged As A Powerful Cultural Force That Promoted Competing Models Of Community, Sanctity, And Justice.

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