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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814038103321

Autore

Coley David K

Titolo

The wheel of language : representing speech in Middle English poetry, 1377-1422 / / David K. Coley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Syracuse, N.Y., : Syracuse University Press, 2012

ISBN

0-8156-5167-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (274 p.)

Collana

Medieval studies

Disciplina

821/.109

Soggetti

English poetry - Middle English, 1100-1500

English language - Middle English, 1100-1500 - Spoken English

Discourse analysis, Literary

Oral interpretation of poetry

Narration (Rhetoric) - History - To 1500

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Thesis (Ph.D)--University of Maryland, College Park, 2008.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.