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

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Poetry and Authority. Chaucer, Vernacular Fable and the Role of Readers in Fifteenth-Century England
Autor:
Nisters, David
Materia:
English Language and Literatures; Greek (Modern)
Editor:
Peter Lang
Descripción:
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.
Identificadores:
E-ISBN: 9783631773093
Colección:
Peter Lang