{"product_id":"chaucer-s-narrators-and-the-rhetoric-of-self-representation-9783039111213","title":"Chaucer’s Narrators and the Rhetoric of","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMethods of representing individual voices were a primary concern for Geoffrey Chaucer. While many studies have focused on how he expresses the voices of his characters, especially in \u003ci\u003eThe Canterbury Tales\u003c\/i\u003e, a sustained analysis of how he represents his own voice is still wanting. This book explores how Chaucer’s first-person narrators are devices of self-representation that serve to influence representations of the poet. Drawing from recent developments in narratology, the history of reading, and theories of orality, this book considers how Chaucer adapts various rhetorical strategies throughout his poetry and prose to define himself and his audience in relation to past literary traditions and contemporary culture. The result is an understanding of how Chaucer anticipates, addresses, and influences his audience’s perceptions of himself that broadens our appreciation of Chaucer as a master rhetorician.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents: Geoffrey Chaucer – Late fourteenth century literature – Orality as a mode of transmitting texts in Middle English literature – The narrator – Rhetorical constructions of the self – The narrator as a persona – Medieval ways of reading texts – Performance of the self – Constructing identities through texts – Identifying audiences in the Middle Ages – Identifying contemporary audiences of historical texts – Rhetorical topoi in literature – Textual transmission in the late fourteenth century – Creating identities in Middle English literature – Defining the relationship between author, narrator, and audience – The idea of the author in Middle English literature – Ricardian social history and literature – Works discussed: \u003ci\u003eThe Canterbury Tales\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTroilus and Criseyde\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Book of the Duchess\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe House of Fame\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Legend of Good Women\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Parliament of Fowls\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Pearl-Poet\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSir Gawain and the Green Knight\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePiers Plowman\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWilliam Langland\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Verlag Peter Lang","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51360343851351,"sku":"9783039111213","price":34.92,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9783039111213.jpg?v=1754127388","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/chaucer-s-narrators-and-the-rhetoric-of-self-representation-9783039111213","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}