Literature and heresy in the age of Chaucer /

After the late fourteenth century, English literature was fundamentally shaped by the heresy of John Wyclif and his followers. This study demonstrates how Geoffrey Chaucer, William Langland, John Clanvowe, Margery Kempe, Thomas Hoccleve and John Lydgate, far from eschewing Wycliffism out of fear of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cole, Andrew, 1968-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Colección:Cambridge studies in medieval literature ; 71.
Temas:
Wycliffe, John, > -1384 > Influence.
Wycliffe, John, > -1384
To 1500
English literature > Middle English, 1100-1500 > History and criticism.
Christian heresies in literature.
Lollards in literature.
Theology in literature.
Canon (Literature) > History > To 1500.
Literature and society > England > History > To 1500.
Littérature anglaise > 1100-1500 (Moyen anglais) > Histoire et critique.
Hérésies chrétiennes dans la littérature.
Lollards dans la littérature.
Théologie dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Canon (Literature)
English literature > Middle English.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Literature and society.
England.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The invention of heresy. The Blackfriars Council, London, 1382
  • The late fourteenth century: canonizing Wycliffism. The invention of "lollardy": William Langland ; The reinvention of "lollardy": William Langland and his contemporaries ; Intermezzo: Wycliffism is not "lollardy" ; Geoffrey Chaucer's Wycliffite text
  • The early fifteenth century: heretics and eucharists. Thomas Hoccleve's heretics ; John Lydgate's eucharists
  • Feeling Wycliffite. Margery Kempe's "lollard" shame
  • Epilogue. Heresy, Wycliffism, and English literary history.

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