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The wheel of language : representing speech in Middle English poetry, 1377-1422 / David K. Coley.
- Format:
- Book
- Thesis/Dissertation
- Author/Creator:
- Coley, David K.
- Series:
- Medieval studies (Syracuse, N.Y.)
- Medieval studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English poetry--Middle English, 1100-1500.
- English poetry.
- English language--Middle English, 1100-1500--Spoken English.
- English language.
- Discourse analysis, Literary.
- Oral interpretation of poetry.
- Narration (Rhetoric)--History--To 1500.
- Narration (Rhetoric).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (274 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Analyzes the political, theological and social dimensions of speech as depicted in late medieval English lyric poetry.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction "Th at whel wol cause another whel"
- 2 Nominalism, Speech, and Power in "The Manciple's Tale"
- 3 Saint Erkenwald: The Sacrament of the Altar and the Persistence of the Past
- 4 Economies of Speech and Redemption in the Works of Thomas Hoccleve
- 5 Speech, Rhetoric, and Politics in Gower's Confessio Amantis
- 6 Conclusion: The Plowman's Two Voices
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Thesis (Ph.D)--University of Maryland, College Park, 2008.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780815651673
- 0815651678
- OCLC:
- 798152515
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