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Hochon´s Arrow: The Social Imagination of Fourteenth-Century Texts
Paul Strohm
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Description for Hochon´s Arrow: The Social Imagination of Fourteenth-Century Texts
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 218 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3H; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 485.
The paradox of the lie that might as well be true, writes Paul Strohm, must interest anyone who seeks to understand texts in history or the historical influence of texts. In these seven essays, all recent and most published here for the first time, the author examines historical and literary texts from fourteenth-century England. He not only demonstrates the fictionality of narrative and documentary sources, but also argues that these fictions are themselves fully historical. Together the essays institute a dialogue between texts and events that restores historical documents and literary works to their larger environments. Strohm ... Read more
The paradox of the lie that might as well be true, writes Paul Strohm, must interest anyone who seeks to understand texts in history or the historical influence of texts. In these seven essays, all recent and most published here for the first time, the author examines historical and literary texts from fourteenth-century England. He not only demonstrates the fictionality of narrative and documentary sources, but also argues that these fictions are themselves fully historical. Together the essays institute a dialogue between texts and events that restores historical documents and literary works to their larger environments. Strohm ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
Princeton Legacy Library
Condition
New
Weight
485 g
Number of Pages
218
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691631462
SKU
V9780691631462
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Reviews for Hochon´s Arrow: The Social Imagination of Fourteenth-Century Texts
An original and facinating study ... Neither traditional literary criticism nor traditional historiography, this book develops a highly effective position from which to consider medival texts in relation to their moment. Stroem's intellectual generosity and the and the ugaurded accessiblity of his writing serve his erudition admirably, resulting in a baook that holds rewards for all who read it. ... Read more