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Literary Practice and Social Change in Britain, 1380-1530 (Paperback)
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Literary Practice and Social Change in Britain, 1380-1530 (Paperback)
Series: The New Historicism: Studies in Cultural Poetics, 8
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As a traditional site of historical criticism, medieval studies is
particularly well placed to benefit from the recent reemergence of
historicism in literary studies. But this new "critical
historicism" differes from the traditional criticism in both method
an interests, differences that are well illustrated by this
collection. A concern with politics, a reliance on the materials of
economic and social history, a conception of writing as a form of
social practices, a focus upon the forces of change in medieval
culture, and unwillingness to observe the usual distinction between
literary and historical texts, and a historicization of their own
activity--these characteristics make these essays a significant
contribution to medieval studies. Moreover, both in conception and
execution the essays reject the barrier that the humanist account
of history has erected between a Middle Ages stigmatized as distant
and other and a Renaissance consecrated as the beginning of the
modern world. Thus they invite the attention of nonmedievalists,
especially Renaissance specialists, who wish to test their
assumptions about medieval literature against some of the best
recent work in the field. The authors consider a wide range of
materials. Three of the essays explore Chaucer's career as a
bureaucrat, a diplomat, and a poet. Other topics include Langland's
self-constitution in Piers Plowman, the medieval production and
modern reception of the mystery plays, Hoccleve's innovative
strategies for offering political advice to his king, and the
ideological and psychological interests that governed the idea of
the city in sixteenth-century Scotland. All scholars and studies of
the Middle Ages, comparative literature, and literature and
language programs generally will appreciate this ground-breaking
collection. Contributors:Anne MiddletonPaul StrohmLee
PattersonDavid WallaceLarry ScanlonTheresa ColettiLouise Fradenburg
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which
commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out
and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and
impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes
high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using
print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in
1990.
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