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Medieval autographies : the "I" of the text / A. C. Spearing.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Spearing, A. C.
Series:
Conway lectures in medieval studies
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
English literature--Middle English, 1100-1500--History and criticism.
English literature.
First person narrative.
Autobiography in literature.
Physical Description:
viii, 347 p.
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, 2012.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
Spearing identifies and explores a previously unrecognized category of first-person medieval English poetry, calling it "autobiography.".
Contents:
Preface
The textual first person
Autography: prologues and dits
Chaucerian prologues and The wife of Bath
Why autography?
Hoccleve and the prologue
Hoccleve's series
Bokenham's autographies
Afterword.
Notes:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780268158439
0268158436
9780268092801
026809280X
OCLC:
830023841

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