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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Staley, Lynn, 1947- Languages of power in the age of Richard II. University Park : Pennsylvania State University Press, c2005 (OCoLC)607172837 |
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| Named Person: | Richard, King of England; Geoffrey Chaucer; Richard, roi d'Angleterre; Geoffrey Chaucer; König II ) Richard (England; Richard, King of England |
| Material Type: | Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Lynn Staley |
| ISBN: | 0271025182 9780271025186 |
| OCLC Number: | 55738423 |
| Description: | xiv, 394 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | The hawk on the wrist and the fool in the chimney corner -- Inheritances and translations -- Princely powers -- French georgics and English ripostes. |
| Responsibility: | Lynn Staley. |
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Abstract:
"In this book, medievalist Lynn Staley turns her attention to one of the most dramatic periods in English history, the reign of Richard II, as seen through a range of texts, including literary, political, chronicle, and pictorial." "In Languages of Power in the Age of Richard II, Staley does not so much "read" literature through history as offer a way of "reading" history through its refractions in literature. In essence, the text both isolates and traces what is an actual search for a language of power during the reign of Richard II and scrutinizes the ways in which Chaucer and other courtly writers participated in these attempts to articulate the concept of princely power. As one who took it upon himself to comment on the various means by which history is made, Chaucer emerges from Staley's narrative as a poet without peer."--BOOK JACKET.
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- English literature -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- History and criticism.
- Power (Social sciences) in literature.
- Great Britain -- History -- Richard II, 1377-1399 -- Historiography.
- Richard -- II, -- King of England, -- 1367-1400 -- In literature.
- Politics and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- To 1500.
- Power (Social sciences) -- Great Britain -- History -- To 1500.
- Literature and history -- Great Britain -- History -- To 1500.
- Chaucer, Geoffrey, -- -1400 -- Political and social views.
- Kings and rulers in literature.
- Monarchy in literature.
- Richard -- II, -- roi d'Angleterre, -- 1367-1400, dans la littérature.
- Chaucer, Geoffrey, -- ca 1340-1400 -- Pensée politique et sociale.
- Littérature anglaise -- 1100-1500 (Moyen anglais) -- Histoire et critique.
- Pouvoir (Sciences sociales) dans la littérature.
- Politique et littérature -- Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire -- Jusqu'à 1500.
- Pouvoir (Sciences sociales) -- Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire -- Jusqu'à 1500.
- Littérature et histoire -- Grande Bretagne -- Histoire -- Jusqu'à 1500.
- Rois et souverains dans la littérature.
- Monarchie dans la littérature.
- Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire -- 1377-1399 (Richard II) -- Historiographie.
- Politiek.
- Macht.
- Literatuur (fictie en non-fictie)
- Engeland.
- Richard (England, König, II.)
- Geschichtsschreibung.
- Geschichte 1375-1399.
- Literatur.
- Mittelenglisch.
- Richard -- II, -- King of England, -- 1367-1400.
