False Fables and Exemplary Truth in Later Middle English Literature /

This study charts relationships between moral claims and audience response in medieval exemplary works by such poets as Chaucer, Gower, Robert Henryson, and several anonymous scribes. In late medieval England, exemplary works make one of the strongest possible claims for the social value of poetic f...

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Main Author:	Allen, Elizabeth (Author)
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
Series:	New Middle Ages.
Subjects:	Literature. Classical and Antique Literature. Ethics. Fiction. Medieval Literature. Philosophy, general. Poetry and Poetics. Classical literature. Literature, Medieval. Philosophy. Poetry. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	This study charts relationships between moral claims and audience response in medieval exemplary works by such poets as Chaucer, Gower, Robert Henryson, and several anonymous scribes. In late medieval England, exemplary works make one of the strongest possible claims for the social value of poetic fiction. Studying this debate reveals a set of local literary histories, based on both canonical and non-canonical texts, that complicate received notions of the didactic Middle Ages, the sophisticated Renaissance, and the fallow fifteenth century in between.
Item Description:	Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (VIII, 225 pages)
ISBN:	9781137044792
DOI:	10.1007/978-1-137-04479-2