Twentieth-century chaucer criticism: reading audiences
Auteur :
Cawsey, Kathy
Éditeur :
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN :
9781032928081
Date de publication :
14 oct. 2024
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,6 cm
Poids :
370 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Cawsey draws on Michel Foucault's concept of the 'author-function' to propose the idea of an 'audience function' which shows the ways critics' concepts of audience affect and condition their criticism. Focusing on six trend-setting Chaucerian scholars, Cawsey identifies the assumptions about Chaucer's audience underpinning each critic's work. In ma