The familiar enemy : Chaucer, language, and nation in the Hundred Years War / Ardis Butterfield.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Butterfield, Ardis.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400.

Chaucer, Geoffrey.

English literature--Middle English, 1100-1500--History and criticism.

English literature.

French literature--To 1500--History and criticism.

French literature.

English literature--Middle English, 1100-1500--French influences.

French literature--To 1500--English influences.

Nationalism and literature--Great Britain--History--To 1500.

Nationalism and literature.

Nationalism and literature--France--History--To 1500.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (477 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

'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'Orleans and Gower, as well as Chaucer who, the book argues, must be resituated within the context of the multilingual cultural geography of medieval Europe.

Contents:

Nation and language. Pre-nation and post-nation ; Origins and language ; A common language?

Exchanging terms : war and peace. Fighting talk ; Exchanging terms ; Trading languages ; Lingua franca : the international language of love

Vernacular subjects. The English subject ; Mother tongues : English and French in fifteenth-century England ; Betrayal and nation.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [395]-427) and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-161030-5

0-19-965770-X

1-282-76815-8

0-19-157240-3

9786612768156

OCLC:

922970353