Space to speke
Space to speke1997
About this book
"This book explores the impact of confessional discourse on fourteenth-century European literature. The approach is interdisciplinary. The author studies examples of the "confessional" texts of Augustine and Abelard as well as the vernacular didactic literature on confession after 1215. This literature creates a new and more popular language of the self. The literary texts of Chaucer, Machaut, and Juan Ruiz clearly demonstrate the influence of a confessional "self" and use the language of confession to explore and construct the self as literary subject."--BOOK JACKET.
Details
- First published
- 1997
- OL Work ID
- OL3344858W
Subjects
ConfessionConfession in literatureHistory and criticismHistory of doctrinesLiterature, MedievalMedieval LiteratureLiterature, medieval, history and criticism