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False Fables and Exemplary Truth in Later Middle English Literature (New Middle Ages)
Elizabeth Allen
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Description for False Fables and Exemplary Truth in Later Middle English Literature (New Middle Ages)
Hardcover. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSK; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392.
This study charts relationships between moral claims and audience response in medieval exemplary works by such poets as Chaucer, Gower, Robert Henryson, and several anonymous scribes. In late medieval England, exemplary works make one of the strongest possible claims for the social value of poetic fiction. Studying this debate reveals a set of local literary histories, based on both canonical and non-canonical texts, that complicate received notions of the didactic Middle Ages, the sophisticated Renaissance, and the fallow fifteenth century in between.
This study charts relationships between moral claims and audience response in medieval exemplary works by such poets as Chaucer, Gower, Robert Henryson, and several anonymous scribes. In late medieval England, exemplary works make one of the strongest possible claims for the social value of poetic fiction. Studying this debate reveals a set of local literary histories, based on both canonical and non-canonical texts, that complicate received notions of the didactic Middle Ages, the sophisticated Renaissance, and the fallow fifteenth century in between.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Series
New Middle Ages
Number of Pages
225
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9781403967978
SKU
V9781403967978
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About Elizabeth Allen
ELIZABETH ALLEN is Assistant Professor of English, University of California-Irvine, USA.
Reviews for False Fables and Exemplary Truth in Later Middle English Literature (New Middle Ages)
" Elizabeth Allen makes a compelling case for medieval reading as a dynamic, ethical activity. Arguing that exemplary stories elicited responses that required "ongoing adjustments to the contingencies of political (as well as social and literary) occasion," she deftly analyzes the cultural function of medieval narrative. False Fables and Exemplary Truth is a sophisticated and thoughtful book that refines the ... Read more