The Literary Uses of the New History
- Author / Editor
- Ganim, John M.
The Literary Uses of the New History
- Published
- James M. Dean and Christian Zacher, eds. The Idea of Medieval Literature: New Essays on Chaucer and Medieval Culture in Honor of Donald R. Howard (Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1992), pp. 209-26.
- Description
- Explores the importance of the "new history" for Chaucer criticism and for our idea of medieval literature in general. Examines interpretive models by historians such as Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie, Natalie Davis, and Carlo Ginzburg.
- Alternative Title
- Idea of Medieval Literature.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Background and General Criticism.