The Pilgrimage Road in Late Medieval English Literature.
- Author / Editor
- Legassie, Shayne Aaron.
The Pilgrimage Road in Late Medieval English Literature.
- Published
- Valerie Allen and Ruth Evans, eds. Roadworks: Medieval Britain, Medieval Roads (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2016), pp. 199-219.
- Description
- Examines the "artistic and ideological purposes" of the notion of a pilgrimage road in the "imaginary of the Middle Ages," focusing on late medieval England and commenting on the attention (or lack of attention) to the road in CT and the Ellesmere illustrations, particularly where they evince "metaliterary" concerns.
- Alternative Title
- Roadworks
- Chaucer Subjects
- Canterbury Tales--General
Manuscripts and Textual Studies