Socioliterary Practice In Late Medieval England
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Author |
: Helen Barr |
Publisher |
: OUP Oxford |
Total Pages |
: 241 |
Release |
: 2001-12-06 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780191540868 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0191540862 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (68 Downloads) |
Synopsis Socioliterary Practice in Late Medieval England by : Helen Barr
Socioliterary Practice in Late Medieval England bridges the disciplines of literature and history by examining various kinds of literary language as examples of social practice. Readings of both English and Latin texts from the late fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries are grounded in close textual study which reveals the social positioning of these works and the kinds of ideological work they can be seen to perform. Distinctive new readings of texts emerge which challenge received interpretations of literary history and late medieval culture. Canonical authors and texts such as Chaucer, Gower, and Pearl are discussed alongside the less familiar: Clanvowe, anonymous alliterative verse, and Wycliffite prose tracts.
Author |
: Robyn Malo |
Publisher |
: University of Toronto Press |
Total Pages |
: 381 |
Release |
: 2013-12-06 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781442663268 |
ISBN-13 |
: 144266326X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (68 Downloads) |
Synopsis Relics and Writing in Late Medieval England by : Robyn Malo
Relics and Writing in Late Medieval England uncovers a wide-ranging medieval discourse that had an expansive influence on English literary traditions. Drawing from Latin and vernacular hagiography, miracle stories, relic lists, and architectural history, this study demonstrates that, as the shrines of England’s major saints underwent dramatic changes from c. 1100 to c. 1538, relic discourse became important not only in constructing the meaning of objects that were often hidden, but also for canonical authors like Chaucer and Malory in exploring the function of metaphor and of dissembling language. Robyn Malo argues that relic discourse was employed in order to critique mainstream religious practice, explore the consequences of rhetorical dissimulation, and consider the effect on the socially disadvantaged of lavish expenditure on shrines. The work thus uses the literary study of relics to address issues of clerical and lay cultures, orthodoxy and heterodoxy, and writing and reform.
Author |
: Jennifer Hole |
Publisher |
: Springer |
Total Pages |
: 308 |
Release |
: 2016-10-07 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9783319388601 |
ISBN-13 |
: 3319388606 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (01 Downloads) |
Synopsis Economic Ethics in Late Medieval England, 1300–1500 by : Jennifer Hole
Drawing on an array of archival evidence from court records to the poems of Chaucer, this work explores how medieval thinkers understood economic activity, how their ideas were transmitted and the extent to which they were accepted. Moving beyond the impersonal operations of an economy to its ethical dimension, Hole’s socio-cultural study considers not only the ideas and beliefs of theologians and philosophers, but how these influenced assumptions and preoccupations about material concerns in late medieval English society. Beginning with late medieval English writings on economic ethics and its origins, the author illuminates a society which, although strictly hierarchical and unequal, nevertheless fostered expectations that all its members should avoid greed and excess consumption. Throughout, Hole aims to show that economic ethics had a broader application than trade and usury in late medieval England.
Author |
: Daniel T. Kline |
Publisher |
: A&C Black |
Total Pages |
: 646 |
Release |
: 2009-08-25 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780826494092 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0826494099 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (92 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Medieval British Literature Handbook by : Daniel T. Kline
One-stop resource for courses in medieval literature, providing students with a comprehensive guide to the historical and cultural context; major texts and movements; reading primary and critical texts; key critics, concepts and topics; major critical approaches and directions of new research.
Author |
: Thorlac Turville-Petre |
Publisher |
: Exeter Medieval Texts and Stud |
Total Pages |
: 232 |
Release |
: 2018 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781786941435 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1786941430 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (35 Downloads) |
Synopsis Description and Narrative in Middle English Alliterative Poetry by : Thorlac Turville-Petre
'[The book offers] meticulous case studies of authorial technique with much relevant historical detail. Discussion of sound symbolism is laudably precise and informative. [...] Glossed illustrative passages are provided throughout to maintain contact with a large potential audience. [...] The overall quality of the book cannot be ignored. This is an outstanding work of literary analysis.' Geoffrey Russom, Brown University
Author |
: Christopher Fletcher |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 393 |
Release |
: 2015-04-20 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781316300213 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1316300218 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (13 Downloads) |
Synopsis Government and Political Life in England and France, c.1300–c.1500 by : Christopher Fletcher
How did the kings of England and France govern their kingdoms? This volume, the product of a ten-year international project, brings together specialists in late medieval England and France to explore the multiple mechanisms by which monarchs exercised their power in the final centuries of the Middle Ages. Collaborative chapters, mostly co-written by experts on each kingdom, cover topics ranging from courts, military networks and public finance; office, justice and the men of the church; to political representation, petitioning, cultural conceptions of political society; and the role of those excluded from formal involvement in politics. The result is a richly detailed and innovative comparison of the nature of government and political life, seen from the point of view of how the king ruled his kingdom, but bringing to bear the methods of social, cultural and economic history to understand the underlying armature of royal power.
Author |
: Peter Brown |
Publisher |
: OUP Oxford |
Total Pages |
: 272 |
Release |
: 2011-08-11 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780191620706 |
ISBN-13 |
: 019162070X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (06 Downloads) |
Synopsis Geoffrey Chaucer (Authors in Context) by : Peter Brown
Chaucer lived through a period of extraordinary upheaval: a protracted war with France, devastating plague, the peasants' revolt, religious controversy, and the overthrow of the king. Compact and comprehensive, this book offers a wide-ranging account of the medieval society from which works such as The Canterbury Tales and Troilus and Criseyde sprang, and shows how these and other works manifest that society in fictional form. Significant aspects of the literary scene, such as patronage, audience, and performance, help to place Chaucer's practices in their historical framework, and his treatment of love, paganism, and reality are framed within their intellectual and philosophical contexts. The modern reception of Chaucer in film and television adaptations is also examined. Seen through the lens of his cultural experience, this is the perfect critical companion to Chaucer's life and poetry. The book includes a chronology of Chaucer's life and time, suggestions for further reading, websites, illustrations, and a comprehensive index. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
Author |
: N. Elias |
Publisher |
: Springer |
Total Pages |
: 191 |
Release |
: 2015-04-09 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781137465382 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1137465387 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (82 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Gnostic Paradigm by : N. Elias
No study has been carried out examining the gnostic undercurrents in medieval England. For the first time, Natanela Elias investigates the existence of these gnostic traces, using prominent late medieval English literary works such as Piers Plowman and Confessio Amantis and ultimately shedding light on a previously overlooked religious dimension.
Author |
: David Richard Carlson |
Publisher |
: DS Brewer |
Total Pages |
: 255 |
Release |
: 2012 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781843843153 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1843843153 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (53 Downloads) |
Synopsis John Gower, Poetry and Propaganda in Fourteenth-century England by : David Richard Carlson
John Gower's works examined as part of a tradition of "official" writings on behalf of the Crown. John Gower has been criticised for composing verse propaganda for the English state, in support of the regime of Henry IV, at the end of his distinguished career. However, as the author of this book shows, using evidence from Gower's English, French and Latin poems alongside contemporary state papers, pamphlet-literature, and other historical prose, Gower was not the only medieval writer to be so employed in serving a monarchy's goals. Professor Carlson also argues that Gower's late poetry is the apotheosis of the fourteenth-century tradition of state-official writing which lay at the origin of the literary Renaissance in Ricardian and Lancastrian England. David Carlsonis Professor in the Department of English, University of Ottawa.
Author |
: Michael W. Dunne |
Publisher |
: BRILL |
Total Pages |
: 496 |
Release |
: 2023-07-24 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789004302365 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9004302360 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (65 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Companion to Richard FitzRalph by : Michael W. Dunne
This book presents an overview together with a detailed examination of the life and ideas of a major thinker and protagonist of the first half of the fourteenth century, Richard FitzRalph (1300-60, Armachanus). A central figure in debates at Oxford, Avignon and Ireland, FitzRalph is perhaps best-known for his central role in the poverty controversies of the 1350s. Each of the chapters collected here sheds a different perspective on the many aspects of FitzRalph’s life and works, from his time at the University of Oxford, his role as preacher and pastoral concerns, his contacts with the Eastern Churches, and finally his case at the Papal court against the privileges granted to the Franciscans. His influence and later reputation is also examined. Contributors include: Michael W. Dunne, Jean-François Genest†, Michael Haren, Elżbieta Jung, Severin V. Kitanov, Stephen Lahey, Monika Michałowska, Simon Nolan O.Carm, Bridget Riley, Chris Schabel, and John T. Slotemaker