Literature and heresy in the age of Chaucer /
Cole, Andrew, 1968-
Literature and heresy in the age of Chaucer / Andrew Cole - Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008 - xx, 297 pages ; 24 cm - Cambridge studies in medieval literature ; 71 . - Cambridge studies in medieval literature ; 71 .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-285) and indexes
The invention of heresy. The Blackfriars Council, London, 1382 -- The late fourteenth century: canonizing Wycliffism. The invention of "lollardy": William Langland ; The reinvention of "lollardy": William Langland and his contemporaries ; Intermezzo: Wycliffism is not "lollardy" ; Geoffrey Chaucer's Wycliffite text -- The early fifteenth century: heretics and eucharists. Thomas Hoccleve's heretics ; John Lydgate's eucharists -- Feeling Wycliffite. Margery Kempe's "lollard" shame -- Epilogue. Heresy, Wycliffism, and English literary history
After the late 14th century, English literature was fundamentally shaped by the heresy of John Wyclif and his followers. This study demonstrates how Chaucer, Langland, John Clanvowe, Margery Kempe, Thomas Hoccleve and John Lydgate, far from eschewing Wycliffism, viewed it as a distinctly new intellectual resource
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Wycliffe, John, -1384 --Influence
English literature--History and criticism--Middle English, 1100-1500
Christian heresies in literature
Lollards in literature
Theology in literature
Canon (Literature)--History--To 1500
Literature and society--History--England--To 1500
PR255 / .C65 2008
ARCH YNDC 820.9 C689L
Literature and heresy in the age of Chaucer / Andrew Cole - Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008 - xx, 297 pages ; 24 cm - Cambridge studies in medieval literature ; 71 . - Cambridge studies in medieval literature ; 71 .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-285) and indexes
The invention of heresy. The Blackfriars Council, London, 1382 -- The late fourteenth century: canonizing Wycliffism. The invention of "lollardy": William Langland ; The reinvention of "lollardy": William Langland and his contemporaries ; Intermezzo: Wycliffism is not "lollardy" ; Geoffrey Chaucer's Wycliffite text -- The early fifteenth century: heretics and eucharists. Thomas Hoccleve's heretics ; John Lydgate's eucharists -- Feeling Wycliffite. Margery Kempe's "lollard" shame -- Epilogue. Heresy, Wycliffism, and English literary history
After the late 14th century, English literature was fundamentally shaped by the heresy of John Wyclif and his followers. This study demonstrates how Chaucer, Langland, John Clanvowe, Margery Kempe, Thomas Hoccleve and John Lydgate, far from eschewing Wycliffism, viewed it as a distinctly new intellectual resource
Current Copyright Fee: GBP22.50 0.
9780521887915 0521887917
2008011346
GBA863693 bnb
Wycliffe, John, -1384 --Influence
English literature--History and criticism--Middle English, 1100-1500
Christian heresies in literature
Lollards in literature
Theology in literature
Canon (Literature)--History--To 1500
Literature and society--History--England--To 1500
PR255 / .C65 2008
ARCH YNDC 820.9 C689L