03168nam 22006372 450 991079561040332120210710072604.01-64189-254-410.1515/9781641892551(CKB)5590000000443849(OCoLC)1246809504(MdBmJHUP)muse93852(UkCbUP)CR9781641892551(MiAaPQ)EBC6606554(Au-PeEL)EBL6606554(OCoLC)1251448863(DE-B1597)576401(DE-B1597)9781641892551(EXLCZ)99559000000044384920210517d2021|||| uy| 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierWriting old age and impairments in late Medieval England /by Will Rogers[electronic resource]Leeds :Arc Humanities Press,2021.1 online resource (149 pages) digital, PDF file(s)BorderlinesTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 11 Jun 2021).1-64189-255-2 Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Staves and Stanzas -- Chapter 1. Crooked as a Staff: Narrative, History, and the Disabled Body in Parlement of Thre Ages -- Chapter 2. A Reckoning with Age: Prosthetic Violence and the Reeve -- Chapter 3. The Past is Prologue: Following the Trace of Master Hoccleve -- Chapter 4. Playing Prosthesis and Revising the Past: Gower's Supplemental Role -- Epilogue: Impotence and Textual Healing -- Works Cited -- IndexThe old speaker in Middle English literature often claims to be impaired because of age. This admission is often followed by narratives that directly contradict it, as speakers, such as the Reeve in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales or Amans in Gower's Confessio Amantis, proceed to perform even as they claim debility. More than the modesty topos, this contradiction exists, the book argues, as prosthesis: old age brings with it debility, but discussing age-related impairments augments the old, impaired body, while simultaneously undercutting and emphasizing bodily impairments. This language of prosthesis becomes a metaphor for the works these speakers use to fashion narrative, which exist as incomplete yet powerful sources.Borderlines (Leeds, England)English literatureMiddle English, 1100-1500History and criticismOld age in literatureCaxton.Chaucer.Disability.Hamlet.Hoccleve.John Gower.Middle English literature.Polonius.prosthesis.rhetoric.English literatureHistory and criticism.Old age in literature.820.9352460902 Rogers Will1504794UkCbUPUkCbUPBOOK9910795610403321Writing old age and impairments in late Medieval England3734009UNINA