"Confessio Auctoris": Confessional Poetics and Authority in the Literature of Late Medieval England, 1350--1450.
- Author / Editor
- Lee, Jenny Veronica.
"Confessio Auctoris": Confessional Poetics and Authority in the Literature of Late Medieval England, 1350--1450.
- Published
- Dissertation Abstracts International A74.02 (2013): n.p.
- Description
- Investigates how Chaucer, Gower, Langland, Usk, and Hoccleve use confessional discourse to challenge Latinity and "authorize their own literary productions." Includes discussion of the "self-abasing literary self-portrayals as penitents" found in Chaucer's LGW and Gower's "Confessio Amantis."
- Chaucer Subjects
- Legend of Good Women