Narrative, Authority and Power: The Medieval Exemplum and the Chaucerian Tradition
(Book #20 in the Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature Series)
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Little attention has been paid to the political and ideological significance of the exemplum, a brief narrative form used to illustrate a moral. Through a study of four major works in the Chaucerian tradition (The Canterbury Tales, John Gower's Confessio Amantis, Thomas Hoccleve's Regement of Princes, and Lydgate's Fall of Princes), Scanlon redefines the exemplum as a 'narrative enactment of cultural authority'. He traces its development through the...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0521044251
ISBN13:9780521044257
Release Date:November 2007
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:392 Pages
Weight:1.26 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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