Confession and Resistance: Defining the Self in Late Medieval England

by Katherine C. Little

Book Overview

For scholars of medieval literature, confession, with its language of sin and contrition, has often provided the basis for our understanding of medieval selfhood and subjectivity. Confessional texts, whether penitential manuals or literary depictions of confession, suggest ways that people spoke about themselves and how they understood their interiority.

In Confession and Resistance, Katherine C. Little cautions that medieval selfhood...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0268033765
• ISBN13: 9780268033767
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"