The Social Functions of F. J. Furnivall's Medievalism
- Author / Editor
- Haas, Renate.
The Social Functions of F. J. Furnivall's Medievalism
- Published
- Uwe Boker, Manfred Markus, and Ranier Schowerling, eds. The Living Middle Ages: Studies in Mediaeval English Literature and its Tradition. A Festschrift for Karl Heinz Goller. (Stuttgart: Belser, 1989), pp. 319-32.
- Description
- Considers Furnivall's use of Chaucer and Langland in his teaching at the Working Men's College and analyzes some of his early editions and the political effect of his "pet book" among the EETS English Gilds volumes. Furnivall's endeavors and achievements are briefly compared with those of the founders of Germanic and romance studies in Germany as well as with current conceptions of medieval studies.
- Alternative Title
- The Living Middle Ages: Studies in Mediaeval English Literature and Its Tradition.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Background and General Criticism.