LEADER 04405nam 2200733 a 450 001 9910783198403321 005 20230422043145.0 010 $a0-8014-7465-5 024 7 $a10.7591/9780801474651 035 $a(CKB)1000000000006167 035 $a(OCoLC)70769013 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10001777 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000282924 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11232361 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000282924 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10324791 035 $a(PQKB)11239153 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3137914 035 $a(OCoLC)1132689664 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse75836 035 $a(DE-B1597)534407 035 $a(OCoLC)1121056422 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780801474651 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3137914 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10001777 035 $a(OCoLC)922998072 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000006167 100 $a19980821d1999 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPolitical allegory in late medieval England$b[electronic resource] /$fAnn W. Astell 210 $aIthaca $cCornell University Press$d1999 215 $a1 online resource (232 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-8014-3560-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 167-212) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tPreface --$tAbbreviations --$tIntroduction --$t1. The Materia of Allegorical Invention --$t2. "Full of Enigmas": John Ball's Letters and Piers Plowman --$t3· Gower's Arian and "Cithero" --$t4. Chaucer's Ricardian Allegories --$t5· Penitential Politics in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: Richard II, Richard of Arundel, and Robert de Vere --$t6. Joan of Are, Margaret of Anjou, and Malory's Guenevere at the Stake --$tConclusion --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aAnn W. Astell here affords a radically new understanding of the rhetorical nature of allegorical poetry in the late Middle Ages. She shows that major English writers of that era-among them, William Langland, John Gower, Geoffrey Chaucer, and the Gawain-poet-offered in their works of fiction timely commentary on current events and public issues. Poems previously regarded as only vaguely political in their subject matter are seen by Astell to be highly detailed and specific in their veiled historical references, implied audiences, and admonitions. Astell begins by describing the Augustinian and Boethian rhetorical principles involved in the invention of allegory. She then compares literary and historical treatments of key events in fourteenth- and fifteenth-century England, finding an astonishing match of allusions and code words, especially those deriving from puns, titles, heraldic devices, and personal cognizances, as well as repeated proverbs, prophecies, and exempla. Among the works she discusses are John Ball's Letters and parts of Piers Plowman, which she presents as two examples of allegorical literature associated with the Peasants' Revolution of 1381; Gower's allegorical representation of the Merciless Parliament of 1388 in Confessio Amantis; and Chaucer's brilliant literary handling of key events in the reign of Richard II. In addition Astell argues for a precise dating of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight between 1397 and 1399 and decodes the work as a political allegory. 606 $aEnglish literature$yMiddle English, 1100-1500$xHistory and criticism 606 $aPolitical poetry, English (Middle)$xHistory and criticism 606 $aPolitics and literature$zGreat Britain$xHistory$yTo 1500 606 $aInvention (Rhetoric) 606 $aRhetoric, Medieval 606 $aAllegory 607 $aGreat Britain$xPolitics and government$y1154-1399 607 $aGreat Britain$xPolitics and government$y1399-1485 615 0$aEnglish literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aPolitical poetry, English (Middle)$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aPolitics and literature$xHistory 615 0$aInvention (Rhetoric) 615 0$aRhetoric, Medieval. 615 0$aAllegory. 676 $a821/.109358 700 $aAstell$b Ann W$01023778 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910783198403321 996 $aPolitical allegory in late medieval England$93845025 997 $aUNINA