The Familiar Enemy - Chaucer, Language, and Nation in the Hundred Years War

Zusatztext historians will learn much from this wide-ranging study by a leading scholar in the field. Informationen zum Autor Ardis Butterfield has published widely on English and French medieval literature and music. Her books include Poetry and Music in Medieval France from Jean Renart to Guillaume de Machaut (Cambridge, 2002), an edited collection of essays, Chaucer and the City (Cambridge, 2006). She has recently been awarded a Major Leverhulme Research Fellowship (2008-2011) to work on 'The Origins of English Song'. She has given several talks and interviews on medieval literature and music for Radio 3 and Radio 4. Klappentext The Familiar Enemy examines the linguistic, literary, and cultural identities of England and France during the Hundred Years War. It explores works by Deschamps, Charles d'Orléans, and Gower, as well as Chaucer who, the book argues, must be resituated within the context of the multilingual cultural geography of medieval Europe. Zusammenfassung The Familiar Enemy examines the linguistic, literary, and cultural identities of England and France during the Hundred Years War. It explores works by Deschamps, Charles d'Orléans, and Gower, as well as Chaucer who, the book argues, must be resituated within the context of the multilingual cultural geography of medieval Europe. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements List of Illustrations and maps Bibliographical note List of Abbreviations Preface I Nation and Language 1: Introduction: Pre-nation and post-nation 2: Origins and language 3: A common language? II Exchanging Terms: War and Peace 4: Fighting talk 5: Exchanging Terms 6: Trading languages 7: Lingua franca: the international language of love III Vernacular Subjects 8: The English subject 9: Mother tongues 10: Betrayal and Nation Conclusion Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Ardis Butterfield, Butterfield Ardis
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.01.2010
• EAN: 9780199574865
• ISBN: 978-0-19-957486-5
• No. of pages: 432
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History; Sprachwissenschaft, Linguistik, Vereinigtes Königreich, Großbritannien, Literatur: Geschichte und Kritik, History, HISTORY / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval, History - General History, Medieval History, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, c 1000 CE to c 1500, c 500 to c 1000 CE, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval