Retrospective prophecy and medieval English authorship / Kimberly Fonzo.
| Author/creator | Fonzo, Kimberly |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2022] |
| Description | viii, 187 pages ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | The Sybil and Merlin : Political Prophecy in the French and English Royal Courts -- William Langland's Parodic Prophecies -- Henry IV and the Ex Post Facto Construction of a Prophetic John Gower -- The Legacy of "Chaucer's Prophecy" in The House of Fame. |
| Abstract | "This study argues that prophecy emerged and recurred as an important theme in both medieval authorial self-representation and the subsequent intellectual and critical assessment of medieval authors and their works by others. Because prophecy is always a second hand authority, readers can easily coopt it to support their own political and theological causes. The author examines three English authors whose reputations have been appropriated in a variety of ways due to the prophetic portions of their texts (or texts that have been attributed to them)--William Langland, John Gower, and Geoffrey Chaucer."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-180) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2022465567 |
| ISBN | 9781487563479 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 1487563477 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | electronic publication |
| ISBN | electronic book |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |