The Poetics of Authorship in the Later Middle Ages: The Emergence of the Modern Literary Persona

Author / Editor
Kimmelman, Burt Joseph.

Title
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.