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Poetry and Authority

- Chaucer, Vernacular Fable and the Role of Readers in Fifteenth-Century England

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This study argues that the critical response to textual authority in Chaucer's fables helped to negotiate scholastic poetics in fifteenth-century England. Drawing on a selection of late medieval sources, the book traces the re-assessment of textual authority in the face of the growing importance of an empowered vernacular readership.

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9783631761137
  • Indbinding:
  • Hardback
  • Sideantal:
  • 184
  • Udgivet:
  • 21. december 2018
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  • Størrelse:
  • 148x210x0 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 343 g.
  • 8-11 hverdage.
  • 28. november 2024
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This study argues that the critical response to textual authority in Chaucer's fables helped to negotiate scholastic poetics in fifteenth-century England. Drawing on a selection of late medieval sources, the book traces the re-assessment of textual authority in the face of the growing importance of an empowered vernacular readership.

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