Occasions for writing : essays on medieval and Renaissance literature, politics and society / John Scattergood.
| Author/creator | Scattergood, John, 1940- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Dublin : Four Courts Press Ltd, ©2010. |
| Description | 272 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Redeeming English: language and national identity in the later Middle Ages -- 'The unequal scales of love': love and social class in Andreas Capellanus's De amore and some later texts -- Writing the clock: the reconstruction of time in the late Middle Ages -- Elegy for a dangerous man: Piers of Bermingham (1308) -- On the road: Langland and some medieval outlaw stories -- London and money: Chaucer's Complaint to his purse -- Erasing Oldcastle: some literary reactions to the Lollard rising of 1414 -- The Libelle of Englyshe polycye: the nation and its place -- A muted triumph: French prisoners at Whitby in 1451 -- 'Familier and homely': the intrusion and articulation of vice in Skelton's Magnyfycence -- Thomas Wyatt's epistolary satires and the consolations of intertextuality -- John Leland's Itinerary and the identity of England. |
| General note | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN | 9781846821790 |
| ISBN | 1846821797 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | PR260 .S228 2010 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |