From Hope to Despair: The Seven Deadly Sins in Medieval and Modern Society

Authors

  • Charlotte Clutterbuck

Abstract

Sin cannot be eradicated in this life. Take William Langland's description of Gluttony, who goes past the brew house on his way to confession: And whither he would go the brew-wife asked him. 'To holy church,' quoth he, 'for to hear mass, And then sit and be shriven, and sin no more.' ... Today I will concentrate on three medieval texts - Dante's Purgatorio, Chaucer's Parson's Tale, and Langland's Piers Plowman - and one modern one - the 1992 ABC TV Dramas - and discuss what the comparison reveals about modern society.

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Published

2017-03-09