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False Fables and Exemplary Truth in Later Middle English Literature (The New Middle Ages)
False Fables and Exemplary Truth in Later Middle English Literature - The New Middle Ages
Author: Elizabeth Allen
This study charts relationships between moral claims and audience response in medieval exemplary works by such poets as Chaucer, Gower, Robert Henryson, and several anonymous scribes. In late medieval England, exemplary works make one of the strongest possible claims for the social value of poetic fiction. Studying this debate reveals a set of l...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781403967978
ISBN-10: 1403967970
Publication Date: 8/20/2005
Pages: 240
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Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Book Type: Hardcover
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