UID:
almahu_9949139024302882
Umfang:
1 online resource (164 p.)
ISBN:
9781641892551
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9783110743227
Serie:
Borderlines
Inhalt:
The old speaker in Middle English literature often claims to be impaired because of age. This admission is often followed by narratives that directly contradict it, as speakers, such as the Reeve in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales or Amans in Gower's Confessio Amantis, proceed to perform even as they claim debility. More than the modesty topos, this contradiction exists, the book argues, as prosthesis: old age brings with it debility, but discussing age-related impairments augments the old, impaired body, while simultaneously undercutting and emphasizing bodily impairments. This language of prosthesis becomes a metaphor for the works these speakers use to fashion narrative, which exist as incomplete yet powerful sources.
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Frontmatter --
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CONTENTS --
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Acknowledgements --
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Introduction: Staves and Stanzas --
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Chapter 1. Crooked as a Staff: Narrative, History, and the Disabled Body in Parlement of Thre Ages --
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Chapter 2. A Reckoning with Age: Prosthetic Violence and the Reeve --
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Chapter 3. The Past is Prologue: Following the Trace of Master Hoccleve --
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Chapter 4. Playing Prosthesis and Revising the Past: Gower's Supplemental Role --
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Epilogue: Impotence and Textual Healing --
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Works Cited --
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Index
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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In English.
In:
Amsterdam University Press Complete eBook-Package 2021, De Gruyter, 9783110743227
In:
DG Plus PP Package 2021 Part 2, De Gruyter, 9783110743357
In:
EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2021 English, De Gruyter, 9783110754001
In:
EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2021, De Gruyter, 9783110753776
In:
EBOOK PACKAGE Literary, Cultural, Area Studies 2021 English, De Gruyter, 9783110754124
In:
EBOOK PACKAGE Literary, Cultural, Area Studies 2021, De Gruyter, 9783110753899
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.1515/9781641892551
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781641892551
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781641892551
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