Medieval arts doctrines on ambiguity and their place in Langland's poetics

Medieval arts doctrines on ambiguity and their place in Langland's poetics / John Chamberlin.

"Using an interdisciplinary approach, John Chamberlin brings together an examination of Langland's poetic practices, a discussion of the historical development of the arts of discourse doctrines they derive from, and some broad considerations of the implications of these doctrines for lang...

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Main Author: Chamberlin, John, 1942-1999
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Montreal, Que. : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2000.
Subjects:
Langland, William, > 1330?-1400? > Piers Plowman.
Piers Plowman (Langland, William)
To 1500
Ambiguity in literature.
Poetics > History > To 1500.
POETRY > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Drama.
Ambiguity in literature
Poetics
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Click for online access
Table of Contents:
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Lexical Ambiguity: Context, Ground, and Overview
  • Augustine on Ambiguity
  • The Twelfth Century and Arts of Discourse
  • Piers Plowman: The Resources of Ambiguity in the SamaritanÃŒs Sermon
  • Transition
  • Words-as-Words: Context, Ground, and Overview
  • Augustine on Words- as- Words
  • The Twelfth Century and Words- as- Words
  • Piers Plowman and the Ambiguity of Words- as- Words
  • Conclusion
  • Works Cited
  • Index

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