Poetry and Authority Chaucer, Vernacular Fable and the Role of Readers in Fifteenth-Century England |
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| Author:
| Nisters, David |
| Series title: | Muensteraner Monographien Zur Englischen Literatur / Muenster Monographs on English Literature Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-3-631-76113-7 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2018 |
| Publisher: | Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $72.35 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.