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Political allegory in late medieval England /

Ann W. Astell here affords a radically new understanding of the rhetorical nature of allegorical poetry in the late Middle Ages. She shows that major English writers of that era-among them, William Langland, John Gower, Geoffrey Chaucer, and the Gawain-poet-offered in their works of fiction timely c...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Astell, Ann W.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1999.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Introduction""; ""1 The Materia of Allegorical Invention""; ""2 “Full of Enigmasâ€?: John Ballâ€?s Letters and Piers Plowman""; ""3 Gowerâ€?s Arion and “Citheroâ€?""; ""4 Chaucerâ€?s Ricardian Allegories""; ""5 Penitential Politics in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: Richard II, Richard of Arundel, and Robert de Vere""; ""6 Joan of Arc, Margaret of Anjou, and Maloryâ€?s Guenevere at the Stake""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""