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Pearl's Middle Class Mourner
… is an historical examination of the jeweler's mourning in Pearl. I view the mourner as a middle class tradesman situated within a late fourteenth-century English culture. I argue that his religious beliefs reflect his status within that society and guide his actions while mourning. While the …
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When Men Cry: Male Demonstrations of Grief in Beowulf, The Song of Roland, and Sir Orfeo
<p>Frequently in medieval texts, writers make mention of men who cry, wail, and faint. However, in modern scholarship, these records of men who cry are often overlooked, and masculine mourning is a largely neglected feature. My purpose in this thesis is to explore some of the reasons for male tears …