Translations of Authority in Medieval English Literature
Valuing the Vernacular
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 indulgenc…
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- ISBN: 978-0-511-51249-0
- EAN: 9780511512490
- Produktnummer: 13791037
- Verlag: Cambridge University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
- Seitenangabe: 0 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 2'218 KB
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