Format:
1 Online-Ressource (316 Seiten)
ISBN:
9780813070254
Content:
Therise of an influential new family of poetry in the Middle Ages Thisbook is the first collective examination of late medieval intimate first-personnarratives that blur the lines between author, narrator, and protagonist andusually feature personification allegory and courtly love tropes, creating anexperimental new family of poetry. In this volume, contributors analyze why theallegorical first-person romance embedded itself in the vernacular literatureof Western Europe and remained popular for more than two centuries. Theeditors identify and discuss three predominant forms within this family: debatepoetry, dream allegories, and autobiographies. Contributors offer textualanalyses of key works from late medieval German, French, Italian, and Iberianliterature, with discussion of developments in England, as well. Allegory and the Poetic Self offers asophisticated, theoretically current discussion of relevant literature. This explorationof medieval "I" narratives offers insights not just into the premodern periodbut also into Western literature's subsequent traditions of self-analysis andidentity crafting through storytelling.
Content:
"The rise of an influential new family of poetry in the Middle Ages This book is the first collective examination of Late Medieval intimate first-person narratives that blurred the lines between author, narrator, and protagonist and usually feature personification allegory and courtly love tropes, creating an experimental new family of poetry. In this volume, contributors analyze why the allegorical first-person romance embedded itself in the vernacular literature of Western Europe and remained popular for more than two centuries. The editors identify and discuss three predominant forms within this family: debate poetry, dream allegories, and autobiographies. Contributors offer textual analyses of key works from late medieval German, French, Italian, and Iberian literature, with discussion of developments in England, as well. Allegory and the Poetic Self offers a sophisticated, theoretically current discussion of relevant literature. This exploration of medieval "I" narratives offers insights not just into the premodern period but also into Western literature's subsequent traditions of self-analysis and identity crafting through storytelling"--
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780813069517
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Allegory and the poetic self Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2022 ISBN 9780813069517
Language:
English
Keywords:
Literatur
;
Ich-Erzählung
;
Allegorie
;
Geschichte 1200-1500
