Confessional Literature, Vernacular Psychology, and the History of the Self in Middle English

Author / Editor
Raskolnikov, Masha.

Title
Confessional Literature, Vernacular Psychology, and the History of the Self in Middle English

Published
Literature Compass 2 (2005): 1-20.

Description
Surveys recent discussions of the role of confession in constructing a vernacular sense of self in late medieval English writing, with recurrent references to Chaucer's works.

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism