Socioliterary Practice in Late Medieval England

ISBN-13: 9780198112426 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 238 str.

Helen Barr

Opis

Socioliterary Practice in Late Medieval England bridges the disciplines of literature and history by examining various kinds of literary language as examples of social practice. Readings of both English and Latin texts from the late fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries are grounded in close textual study which reveals the social positioning of these works and the kinds of ideological work they can be seen to perform.

Recenzje

By redefining Middle English literary writings as social discourses, Helen Barr connects a variety of late-medieval texts within a social environment newly energized by working-class ambitions and Wycliffite challenges.