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Author Summers, Joanna.

Title Late-medieval prison writing and the politics of autobiography / Joanna Summers
Published Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 229 pages)
Series Oxford English monographs
Oxford English monographs.
Contents Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Thomas Usk and The Testament of Love; 2. James I of Scotland and The Kingis Quair; 3. Charles d'Orléans and his English Book of Love; 4. The Testimony of William Thorpe and the Trial of Richard Wyche; 5. George Ashby and A Prisoner's Reflections; Epilogue; Appendix; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; W; Y
Summary An exploration of autobiographical identity in a group of late medieval 'prison texts'. Despite the seminal nature of Boethius' Consolation of Philosophy during the Middle Ages, the legacy of the figure of the writer in prison has not been examined before. The book discusses the interrelation of subjectivity, historicity, autobiography, and imprisonment, and should appeal to scholars in the burgeoning field of fifteenth century studies. - ;Boethius' Consolation of Philosophy has long been taken as one of the seminal works of the Middle Ages, yet despite the study of many aspects of the Consola
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-222) and index
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Subject James I, King of Scotland, 1394-1437. Kingis quair.
Charles, d'Orléans, 1394-1465. Fortunes stabilnes
Usk, Thomas, -1388. Testament of love
SUBJECT Kingis quair (James I, King of Scotland) fast
Subject English literature -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- History and criticism
Politics and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- To 1500
Political prisoners -- Great Britain -- Intellectual life
Prisoners' writings, English -- History and criticism
Prisoners -- Great Britain -- Intellectual life
Self in literature.
Autobiography.
autobiography (genre)
LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Autobiography
English literature -- Middle English
Politics and literature
Prisoners -- Intellectual life
Prisoners' writings, English
Self in literature
Great Britain
Genre/Form Electronic books
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2004303410
ISBN 9780191515095
0191515094
9780191709586
0191709581
9786610841127
6610841128