The Song of Troilus : : Lyric Authority in the Medieval Book / / Thomas C. Stillinger.
The Song of Troilus traces the origins of modern authorship in the formal experimentation of medieval writers. Thomas C. Stillinger analyzes a sequence of narrative books that are in some way constructed around lyric poems: Dante's Vita Nuova, Bocaccio's Filostrato, and Chaucer's Troi...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 (pre Pub) |
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Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2015] ©1993 |
Year of Publication: | 2015 |
Language: | English |
Series: | The Middle Ages Series
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (304 p.) :; 2 illus. |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Texts and Translations -- Introduction "Of Making Many Books . . ." -- 1. Sacra Pagina -- 2. Dante's Divisions: Structures of Authority in the Vita Nuova -- 3. Dante's Divisions: The History of Division -- 4. The Form of Filostrato -- 5. The Form of Troilus: Boccaccio, Chaucer, and the Picture of History -- 6. Sailing to Charybdis: The Second Canticus Troili and the Contexts of Chaucer's Troilus -- Afterword. Looking Back -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Backmatter |
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Summary: | The Song of Troilus traces the origins of modern authorship in the formal experimentation of medieval writers. Thomas C. Stillinger analyzes a sequence of narrative books that are in some way constructed around lyric poems: Dante's Vita Nuova, Bocaccio's Filostrato, and Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde. The shared aim of these texts, he argues, is to imagine and achieve an unprecedented auctoritas: a "lyric authority" that combines the expressive subjectivity of courtly love poetry with the impersonal authority of Biblical commentary. Each of the three establishes its own formal and intertextual dynamics; in complex and unexpected ways, the hierarchies of Latin learning are charged with erotic force, allowing the creation of a new vernacular Book of Love.The Song of Troilus is a linked series of incisive close readings. Each chapter defines and investigates a range of philological, intertextual, and theoretical problems; in addition to explicating his three principal texts, Stillinger offers important insights into a range of medieval traditions, from Psalm commentary to Trojan historiography to Ricardian political satire. At the same time, The Song of Troilus is a sophisticated narrative of cultural change and a searching meditation on history, desire, and writing.The Song of Troilus is an original and highly readable study of three major medieval texts; it will be of compelling interest to students and scholars of medieval literature, and to all those exploring the history of authorship and the implications of literary form. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9781512809442 9783110442526 |
DOI: | 10.9783/9781512809442 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Thomas C. Stillinger. |