Sincerity in Medieval English Language and Literature.
- Author / Editor
- Williams, Graham.
Sincerity in Medieval English Language and Literature.
- Published
- London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
- Physical Description
- xiii, 256 pp.
- Series
- New Approaches to English Historical Linguistics.
- Description
- Pragmatic analysis of the historical development in early English of the ideal of sincerity and of "affective-linguistic" apology. Identifies the roots of sincerity in Christian devotion and traces its literary and historical developments among intersections between devotional and courtly literatures as they reflect and affect human emotions. Includes comments on BD and lengthier discussion of CT (especially Mel) while exploring the growth of "apologetic culture." Also examines questions of "affective sincerity versus linguistic performance" in TC, particularly how they lead readers "to be convinced of Criseyde’s sincere, compassionate love."
- Chaucer Subjects
- Language and Word Studies
Book of the Duchess
Troilus and Criseyde
Tale of Melibee
Canterbury Tales--General