Last Words: The Public Self and the Social Author in Late Medieval England

by Sebastian Sobecki and Sebastian I. Sobecki

Book Overview

No medieval text was designed to be read hundreds of years later by an audience unfamiliar with its language, situation, and author. By ascribing to these texts intentional anonymity, we romanticise them and misjudge the social character of their authors. Instead, most medieval poems and manuscripts presuppose familiarity with their authorial or scribal maker. Last Words: The Public Self and the Social Author in Late Medieval England attempts to recover...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198790783
• ISBN13: 9780198790785
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 8.0"