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Translations of Authority in Medieval English Literature: Valuing the Vernacular Minnis, Alastair (Yale University, Connecticut)
Translations of Authority in Medieval English Literature: Valuing the Vernacular
Minnis, Alastair (Yale University, Connecticut)
Leading critic Alastair Minnis investigates the relationships between authority and the vernacular in a range of texts from late medieval England. The significance of 'vernacularity' is discussed with reference to court patronage of literature, textual commentary, heretical doctrine, and tales of suspicious saints and relics.
288 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | March 19, 2009 |
| ISBN13 | 9780521515948 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 288 |
| Dimensions | 158 × 234 × 19 mm · 589 g |
| Language | English |