Death and Purgatory in Middle English Didactic poetry.(Review) From: The Modern Language Review | Date: July 1, 2000| Author: Phillips, Helen | COPYRIGHT 2000 Modern Humanities Research Association. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Death and Purgatory in Middle English Didactic Poetry. By TAKAMI MATSUDA. Cambridge: Brewer. 1997. x + 278 pp. 35 [pounds sterling]; $63.

There have been many studies of penitential genres and the theme of death in medieval literature, and Le Goff's famous 1981 study of Purgatory stimulated research into Purgatory by medievalists in several fields. Despite all this, or even because of it, Takami Matsuda's learned, clear, and critically perceptive book is very welcome. One sp...

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