Translations of Authority in Medieval English Literature - Valuing the Vernacular (Hardcover, New)

In Translations of Authority in Medieval English Literature, leading critic Alastair Minnis presents the fruits of a long-term engagement with the ways in which crucial ideological issues were deployed in vernacular texts. The concept of the vernacular is seen as possessing a value far beyond the category of language - as encompassing popular beliefs and practices which could either confirm or contest those authorized by church and state institutions. Minnis addresses the crisis for vernacular translation precipitated by the Lollard heresy; the minimal engagement with Nominalism in late fourteenth-century poetry; Langland"s views on indulgences; the heretical theology of Walter Brut; Margery Kempe"s self-promoting biblical exegesis; and Chaucer"s tales of suspicious saints and risible relics. These discussions disclose different aspects of "vernacularity," enabling a fuller understanding of its complexity and potency.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 2009
First published:	2009
Authors:	Alastair Minnis
Dimensions:	235 x 160 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	288
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-51594-8
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > Classical, early & medieval Promotions
LSN:	0-521-51594-7
Barcode:	9780521515948

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