Medieval Autographies: The I of the Text

by A.C. Spearing

In Medieval Autographies, A. C. Spearing develops a new engagement of narrative theory with medieval English first-person writing, focusing on the roles and functions of the "I" as a shifting textual phenomenon, not to be defined either as autobiographical or as the label of a fictional speaker or narrator. Spearing identifies and explores a previously unrecognized category of medieval English poetry, calling it "autography." He describes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0268017824
• ISBN13: 9780268017828
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
• Length: 356 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"