Thomas Hoccleve Religious Reform, Transnational Poetics, and the Invention of Chaucer |
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| Author:
| Langdell, Sebastian J. |
| Series title: | Exeter Medieval Texts and Studies LUP Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-78694-129-9 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2018 |
| Publisher: | Liverpool University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $150.00 |
Book Description:
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Offers a significant new reading of the late medieval poet Thomas Hoccleve, illustrating Hoccleve's role in recasting Chaucer as a figure of intellectual and moral authority, and situating Hoccleve - and the nascent English literary tradition - firmly in the context of heresy and religious reform.
Offers a significant new reading of the late medieval poet Thomas Hoccleve, illustrating Hoccleve's role in recasting Chaucer as a figure of intellectual and moral authority, and situating Hoccleve - and the nascent English literary tradition - firmly in the context of heresy and religious reform.