Cargando…

Medieval arts doctrines on ambiguity and their place in Langland's poetics /

"Using an interdisciplinary approach, John Chamberlin brings together an examination of Langland's poetic practices, a discussion of the historical development of the arts of discourse doctrines they derive from, and some broad considerations of the implications of these doctrines for lang...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Chamberlin, John, 1942-1999
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal, Que. : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2000.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Lexical Ambiguity: Context, Ground, and Overview
  • Augustine on Ambiguity
  • The Twelfth Century and Arts of Discourse
  • Piers Plowman: The Resources of Ambiguity in the SamaritanÃŒs Sermon
  • Transition
  • Words-as-Words: Context, Ground, and Overview
  • Augustine on Words- as- Words
  • The Twelfth Century and Words- as- Words
  • Piers Plowman and the Ambiguity of Words- as- Words
  • Conclusion
  • Works Cited
  • Index