Chaucer’s Narrators and the Rhetoric of Self-Representation - Couverture souple

Foster, Michael

 
9783039111213: Chaucer’s Narrators and the Rhetoric of Self-Representation
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 3039111213 ISBN 13 : 9783039111213
Editeur : Verlag Peter Lang, 2008

Synopsis

Methods of representing individual voices were a primary concern for Geoffrey Chaucer. While many studies have focused on how he expresses the voices of his characters, especially in The Canterbury Tales, a sustained analysis of how he represents his own voice is still wanting. This book explores how Chaucer's first-person narrators are devices of self-representation that serve to influence representations of the poet. Drawing from recent developments in narratology, the history of reading, and theories of orality, this book considers how Chaucer adapts various rhetorical strategies throughout his poetry and prose to define himself and his audience in relation to past literary traditions and contemporary culture. The result is an understanding of how Chaucer anticipates, addresses, and influences his audience's perceptions of himself that broadens our appreciation of Chaucer as a master rhetorician.

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À propos de l?auteur

The Author : Michael Foster is currently a postgraduate teaching fellow at the University of Nottingham, where he is conducting research on the manuscript transmission of the Middle English romances. He has published on Chaucer, rhetoric, and narrative.

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Éditeur
Verlag Peter Lang
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3039111213
ISBN 13 
9783039111213
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
196
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Personne responsable
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