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Chaucerian Theatricality

By: John M. Ganim

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Whereas modern criticism has emphasized the unity and sense of permanence in The Canterbury Tales, John Ganim alerts us to a dialectically opposing dimension that Chaucer's poetics shares with the popular culture of the late Middle Ages: his celebration of the ephemeral and his sense of performance. Ganim uses the concept of theatricality to illuminate Chaucer's manipulations of the forms of popular culture and high literary discourse. He calls upon recent work in semiotics and social history to question Mikhail Bakhtin's notion of the "carnivalesque" and the "dialogic," at the same time suggesting Bakhtin's usefulness in understanding Chaucer. This book includes chapters on how Chaucer adopts the voice of such popular literary forms as chronicles and pious collections, on his equivalence between his own image making and dramatic performance, and on Chaucer's and Boccaccio's handling of the related issues of popular understanding and the creation of illusions. The book concludes by describing how Chaucer conflates "noise" and popular expression, simultaneously appropriating and distancing himself from his richest cultural context. Originally published in 1990. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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1400861365

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Style and Consciousness in Middle English Narrative

By: John M. Ganim

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Style and Consciousness in Middle English Narrative

By: John M. Ganim

John M. Ganim presents a revised theory of late medieval literary history based on the relationship of the poet to the reader. His work shows how the increasingly compromised exemplary intent of later medieval poets led them to dramatize the reader as a character in the text and to develop complex forms of narrative characterized by discontinuity, distortion, and disorientation. Originally published in 1983. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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Princeton University Press

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1400855179

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Hurst's the Heart

By: John Willis Hurst

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Hurst's the Heart

By: John Willis Hurst

A Brandon/Hill Medical List suggested initial purchase. This is the "digital edition" of the 11th edition of this classic work, which means the book comes with a subscription to the online site (good for the life of the edition) giving access to the complete text, an image library, updates, links, and customization features as well as PDA download

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McGraw Hill Professional

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0071432248

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9780071432245

Chaucer and Dissimilarity

Literary Comparisons in Chaucer and Other Late-medieval Writing

By: John J. McGavin

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Chaucer and Dissimilarity

Literary Comparisons in Chaucer and Other Late-medieval Writing

By: John J. McGavin

It looks out, in a groundbreaking study, to the use of similes in other late-medieval poems."--BOOK JACKET.

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Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press

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0838638147

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9780838638149

Cosmopolitanism and the Middle Ages

By: J. Ganim,S. Legassie

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Cosmopolitanism and the Middle Ages

By: J. Ganim,S. Legassie

This collection of essays uncovers a wide array of medieval writings on cosmopolitan ethics and politics, writings generally ignored or glossed over in contemporary discourse. Medieval literary fictions and travel accounts provide us with rich contextualizations of the complexities and contradictions of cosmopolitan thought.

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Springer

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1137045094

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Style and Consciousness in Middle English Narrative

By: John M. Ganim

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Style and Consciousness in Middle English Narrative

By: John M. Ganim

John M. Ganim presents a revised theory of late medieval literary history based on the relationship of the poet to the reader. His work shows how the increasingly compromised exemplary intent of later medieval poets led them to dramatize the reader as a character in the text and to develop complex forms of narrative characterized by discontinuity, distortion, and disorientation. Originally published in 1983. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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Book's by John M. Ganim

Chaucerian Theatricality

Chaucerian Theatricality

Style and Consciousness in Middle English Narrative

Style and Consciousness in Middle English Narrative

Hurst's the Heart

Hurst's the Heart

Chaucer and Dissimilarity

Chaucer and Dissimilarity

Cosmopolitanism and the Middle Ages

Cosmopolitanism and the Middle Ages

Style and Consciousness in Middle English Narrative

Style and Consciousness in Middle English Narrative

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