Literature and heresy in the age of Chaucer / Andrew Cole.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cole, Andrew, 1968- author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in medieval literature ; 71.

Cambridge studies in medieval literature ; 71

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wycliffe, John, -1384--Influence.

Wycliffe, John.

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

English literature.

Christian heresies in literature.

Lollards in literature.

Theology in literature.

Canon (Literature)--History--To 1500.

Canon (Literature).

Literature and society--England--History--To 1500.

Literature and society.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 297 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

Literature & Heresy in the Age of Chaucer

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

After the late fourteenth century, English literature was fundamentally shaped by the heresy of John Wyclif and his followers. This study demonstrates how Geoffrey Chaucer, William Langland, John Clanvowe, Margery Kempe, Thomas Hoccleve and John Lydgate, far from eschewing Wycliffism out of fear of censorship or partisan distaste, viewed Wycliffite ideas as a distinctly new intellectual resource. Andrew Cole offers a complete historical account of the first official condemnation of Wycliffism - the Blackfriars council of 1382 - and the fullest study of 'lollardy' as a social and literary construct. Drawing on literary criticism, history, theology and law, he presents not only a fresh perspective on late medieval literature, but also an invaluable rethinking of the Wycliffite heresy. Literature and Heresy restores Wycliffism to its proper place as the most significant context for late medieval English writing, and thus for the origins of English literary history.

Contents:

The invention of heresy. The Blackfriars Council, London, 1382

The late fourteenth century: canonizing Wycliffism. The invention of "lollardy": William Langland ; The reinvention of "lollardy": William Langland and his contemporaries ; Intermezzo: Wycliffism is not "lollardy" ; Geoffrey Chaucer's Wycliffite text

The early fifteenth century: heretics and eucharists. Thomas Hoccleve's heretics ; John Lydgate's eucharists

Feeling Wycliffite. Margery Kempe's "lollard" shame

Epilogue. Heresy, Wycliffism, and English literary history.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-285) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-107-18725-7

1-281-77568-1

9786611775681

0-511-42369-1

0-511-48142-X

0-511-42252-0

0-511-42417-5

0-511-42186-9

0-511-42318-7

OCLC:

476178503