Late-medieval prison writing and the politics of autobiography

Boethius's 'Consolation of philosophy' has long been taken as one of the seminal works of the Middle Ages, yet despite study of many aspects of this book, the legacy of the figure of the writer in prison has not been explored. This title explores autobiographical identity in a group o...

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Main Author: Summers, Joanna
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Series:Oxford English monographs.
Subjects:
English literature > Middle English, 1100-1500 > History and criticism.
Politics and literature > Great Britain > History > To 1500.
Prisoners' writings, English > History and criticism.
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Summary:Boethius's 'Consolation of philosophy' has long been taken as one of the seminal works of the Middle Ages, yet despite study of many aspects of this book, the legacy of the figure of the writer in prison has not been explored. This title explores autobiographical identity in a group of late medieval 'prison texts'.
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Physical Description:1 online resource (viii, 229 p.).
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191709586 (ebook) :

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