The Poetics of Authorship in the Later Middle Ages: The Emergence of the Modern Literary Persona
- Author / Editor
- Kimmelman, Burt Joseph.
The Poetics of Authorship in the Later Middle Ages: The Emergence of the Modern Literary Persona
- Published
- Dissertation Abstracts International 52 (1991): 1741A.
- Description
- Mentions Chaucer among poets (Guillem IX, Marcabru, Dante, and especially Langland) who helped develop the distinction between history and fiction and who showed themselves to be individuals, not for self-promotion but to identify themselves philosophically with contemporary issues.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Background and General Criticism.