Poetry and authority: chaucer, vernacular fable and the role of readers in fifteenth-century england
Auteur :
Nisters, David
Éditeur :
Peter Lang AG
ISBN :
9783631761137
Date de publication :
21 déc. 2018
Dimensions :
21,0 x 14,8 cm
Poids :
343 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Suisse
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.