Sign, Sentence, Discourse: Language in Medieval Thought and Literature
- Author / Editor
- Wasserman, Julian N., and Lois Roney, eds.
Sign, Sentence, Discourse: Language in Medieval Thought and Literature
- Published
- Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press, 1989.
- Description
- Fourteen essays and an introduction explore "the subject of language in medieval literature" using traditional approaches together with modern critical theory, focusing on "what medieval writers themselves wrote about language," and specifically treating Chaucer, Gower, Dante, Chretien de Troyes, and Juan Ruiz, as well as anonymous romances, fabliaux, and cycle plays. Problems addressed include "misinterpretation by authors and misconception by perceivers; varieties of audience response;the internal dialogues by which a society reshapes its values, language, and gender; the instability and failure of signs; the implications of silence; and language as both fallen and redeemable." For seven essays that pertain to Chaucer, search for Sign, Sentence, Discourse under Alternative Title.
- Contributor
- Roney, Lois, ed.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Background and General Criticism.