Parliament and Literature in Late Medieval England

Informationen zum Autor Matthew Giancarlo received his PhD from Yale University, Connecticut in 1998 and is currently Associate Professor of English at the University of Kentucky. He is the author of several articles on medieval English literature and culture. Klappentext This book situates the development of English medieval literature in the context of parliament, focusing on Chaucer and Langland. Zusammenfassung Focusing on the major poets of the late fourteenth century such as Chaucer and Langland! this study investigates the close relationship between artistic and political developments at a time when poets and parliamentarians were very close to one another in practices! concerns! and themes. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations and textual notes; Introduction; 1. Parliament and voice in the thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries; 2. Parliament, criticism, and complaint in the later fourteenth century; 3. Property, purchase, parliament: the estates of man in John Gower's Mirour de l'Omme and Cronica Tripertita; 4. 'Oure is the voys': Chaucer's parliaments and the mediation of community; 5. Parliament, Piers Plowman and the reform of the public voice; 6. Petitioning for show: complaint and the parliamentary voice, 1401-14; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Matthew Giancarlo, Matthew (Assistant Professor Giancarlo, Giancarlo Matthew
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.06.2010
• EAN: 9780521147729
• ISBN: 978-0-521-14772-9
• No. of pages: 308
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Medieval; Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; England, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Central / national / federal government, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: poetry and poets, Central government