Chaucer's Polyphony The Modern in Medieval Poetry / Jonathan Fruoco.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fruoco, Jonathan, author.

Series:

Research in Medieval and Early Modern Culture ; 29

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poetry, Medieval--History and criticism.

Poetry, Medieval.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1.

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2020

Place of Publication:

Boston : De Gruyter, 2020.

Summary:

Geoffrey Chaucer has long been considered by the critics as the father of English poetry. However, this notion not only tends to forget a huge part of the history of Anglo-Saxon literature but also to ignore the specificities of Chaucer's style. Indeed, Chaucer's decision to write in Middle English, in a time when the hegemony of Latin and Old French was undisputed (especially at the court of Edward III and Richard II), was consistent with an intellectual movement that was trying to give back to European vernaculars the prestige necessary to a genuine cultural production, which eventually led to the emergence of romance and of the modern novel. As a result, if Chaucer cannot be thought of as the father of English poetry, he is, however, the father of English prose and one of the main artisans of what Mikhail Bakhtin called the polyphonic novel.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

Notes on the Texts and Translations

Abbreviations of Chaucers Works

Introduction

Chapter 1. Polyphony and Multilingualism in Medieval England

Chapter 2. Finamor, Stil Novo: Chaucers Early Influences

Chapter 3. Narrative Evolution and New Discursive Strategies

Chapter 4. Troilus and Criseyde and the Ambiguity of Double Enunciation

Chapter 5. Hybridization and the Legend of Chaucers Inventiveness

Chapter 6. Extradiegetic Dialogue in The Canterbury Tales

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-5015-1436-9

1-5015-1404-0

OCLC:

1200808920