The Literary Uses of the New History

Author / Editor
Ganim, John M.

Title
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.