The Wheel of Language: Representing Speech in Middle English Poetry 1377-1422
(Part of the Medieval Studies Series)
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In The Wheel of Language, Coley explores representations of speech in English poetry of the later Middle Ages, proposing that the spoken word, both within Ricardian and Lancastrian poetry and within latemedieval English culture, was understood as an efficacious, powerful medium. Representing speech in the poetic text was always a political act, one by which authors were able to criticize and comment upon issues as diverse as the Lancastrian...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0815632738
ISBN13:9780815632733
Release Date:May 2012
Publisher:Syracuse University Press
Length:272 Pages
Weight:1.15 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.3" x 9.4"
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