Hochon's Arrow : The Social Imagination of Fourteenth-Century Texts /

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"The paradox of the lie that might as well be true," writes Paul Strohm, "must interest anyone who seeks to understand texts in history or the historical influence of texts." In these seven essays, all recent and most published here for the first time, the author examines histori...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Strohm, Paul, 1938- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1992]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Chaucer, Geoffrey, > -1400.
Chaucer, Geoffrey, > -1400 > Political and social views.
Social problems in literature.
Social history > Medieval.
Social conditions.
Political and social views.
Literature and society.
English literature > Middle English.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Problemes sociaux dans la litterature.
Histoire sociale > 500-1500 (Moyen Âge)
Litterature anglaise > 1100-1500 (Moyen anglais) > Histoire et critique.
Social history > Medieval, 500-1500.
Literature and society > England > History > To 1500.
English literature > Middle English, 1100-1500 > History and criticism.
England.
Angleterre > Conditions sociales > 1066-1485.
England > Social conditions > 1066-1485.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • ABBREVIATIONS
  • Introduction: False Fables and Historical Truth
  • Chapter 1. Hochon's Arrow
  • Chapter 2. "A Revelle!": Chronicle Evidence and the Rebel Voice
  • Chapter 3. The Textual Environment of Chaucer's "Lak of Stedfastnesse"
  • Chapter 4. Saving the Appearances: Chaucer's "Purse" and the Fabrication of the Lancastrian Claim
  • Chapter 5. Queens as Intercessors
  • Chapter 6. Treason in the Household
  • Chapter 7. The Textual Vicissitudes of Usk's "Appeal"
  • Appendix 1: The Accusations Against Thomas Austin / Prescott, A.J.
  • Appendix 2: The Literature of Livery
  • WORKS CITED
  • INDEX.

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