| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 218 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-213) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- The task of writing history -- History : the subject matter -- Empowering written texts -- Negotiating authority -- Inscribing authority -- Conclusion. |
| Language |
In English; with some passages in Middle English. |
| Summary |
""This book discusses the strategies and rhetorical means by which four authors of Middle English verse historiography seek to authorise their works and themselves. Paying careful attention to the texts, it traces the ways in which authors inscribe their fictional selves and seek to give authority to their constructions of history. It further investigates how the authors position themselves in relation to their task of writing history, their sources and their audiences. This study provides new ... |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Robert, of Gloucester, active 1260-1300 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Mannyng, Robert, active 1288-1338 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Cursor mundi.
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Historical poetry, English -- History and criticism.
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Historical poetry, English -- Authorship.
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English literature -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- History and criticism.
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Historiography -- England -- History -- To 1500.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Title |
Authorizing history |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Nyffenegger, Nicole. Authorising history 1443848190 (OCoLC)848162414 |
| ISBN |
9781443868419 (electronic bk.) |
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1443868418 (electronic bk.) |
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1322180539 |
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9781322180533 |
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1443848190 |
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9781443848190 |
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