Cleanness
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Cleanness is a Middle English alliterative poem, often attributed to the Pearl Poet, that explores the virtue of spiritual purity through biblical narratives and moral exempla.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Middle English poem
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alliterative poem ⓘ religious poem ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Clannesse
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Purity ⓘ |
| attributionStatus | anonymous ⓘ |
| author |
The Gawain Poet
ⓘ
surface form:
Pearl Poet
|
| centralConcept | cleanness as inner holiness ⓘ |
| containsEpisode |
Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah
ⓘ
Belshazzar’s Feast ⓘ
surface form:
Fall of Belshazzar
Parable of the Wedding Feast ⓘ The Flood ⓘ
surface form:
Story of Noah and the Flood
|
| dateOfComposition | late 14th century ⓘ |
| didacticPurpose | instruction in moral purity ⓘ |
| form | alliterative long line ⓘ |
| foundInCodexWith |
Patience
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Pearl ⓘ Sir Gawain and the Green Knight ⓘ |
| genre |
alliterative verse
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didactic poetry ⓘ |
| language | Middle English ⓘ |
| length | about 1812 lines ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
alliteration
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extended biblical exempla ⓘ vivid descriptive imagery ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Alliterative Revival ⓘ |
| manuscript |
Cotton Nero A.x manuscript collection
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surface form:
British Library Cotton Nero A.x
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| meter | accentual alliterative verse ⓘ |
| moralFocus |
avoidance of impurity
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obedience to God ⓘ |
| moralTone | sermonic ⓘ |
| narrativeMode | third-person narration ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | Northwest Midlands of England ⓘ |
| preservationStatus | survives in a single manuscript ⓘ |
| regionDialect | Northwest Midlands dialect of Middle English ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Christianity ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | unrhymed ⓘ |
| scholarlyDebate | authorship and unity with Pearl and Patience ⓘ |
| setting | biblical world ⓘ |
| sourceMaterial |
New Testament
ⓘ
Bible ⓘ
surface form:
Old Testament
|
| targetAudience | medieval Christian readers ⓘ |
| theme |
biblical narratives
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divine cleanness ⓘ moral exempla ⓘ sin and punishment ⓘ spiritual purity ⓘ |
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Pearl (poem)