Retrospective prophecy and medieval English authorship /

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"This study argues that prophecy emerged and recurred as an important theme in both medieval authorial self-representation and the subsequent intellectual and critical assessment of medieval authors and their works by others. Because prophecy is always a second hand authority, readers can be ea...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Fonzo, Kimberly (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2022]
Subjects:
Chaucer, Geoffrey, > -1400 > Criticism and interpretation.
Langland, William, > 1330?-1400? > Criticism and interpretation.
Gower, John, > 1325?-1408 > Criticism and interpretation.
Chaucer, Geoffrey, > -1400
Gower, John, > 1325?-1408
Langland, William, > 1330?-1400?
1100-1500
English literature > Middle English, 1100-1500 > History and criticism.
Politics in literature.
Prophecy in literature.
Littérature anglaise > 1100-1500 (Moyen anglais) > Histoire et critique.
Prophétie dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval
English literature > Middle English
Politics in literature
Prophecy in literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Literary criticism
Literary criticism.
Critiques littéraires.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The Sybil and Merlin: Political Prophecy in the French and English Royal Courts
  • William Langland's Parodic Prophecies
  • Henry IV and the Post Facto Construction of a Prophetic John Gower
  • The Legacy of "Chaucer's Prophecy" in The House of Fame.

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