Language and the Declining World in Chaucer, Dante, and Jean de Meun by John M.

Description: Language and the Declining World in Chaucer, Dante, and Jean de Meun by John M. Fyler Medieval commentaries on the origin and history of language used biblical history, from Creation to the Tower of Babel, as their starting-point, and described the progressive impairment of an originally perfect language. Biblical and classical sources raised questions for both medieval poets and commentators about the nature of language, its participation in the Fall, and its possible redemption. John M. Fyler focuses on how three major poets - Chaucer, Dante, and Jean de Meun - participated in these debates about language. He offers new analyses of how the history of language is described and debated in the Divine Comedy, the Canterbury Tales and the Roman de la Rose. While Dante follows the Augustinian idea of the Fall and subsequent redemption of language, Jean de Meun and Chaucer are skeptical about the possibilities for linguistic redemption and resign themselves, at least half-comically, to the linguistic implications of the Fall and the declining world. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Medieval commentaries on the origin and history of language used biblical history, from Creation to the Tower of Babel, as their starting-point, and described the progressive impairment of an originally perfect language. Biblical and classical sources raised questions for both medieval poets and commentators about the nature of language, its participation in the Fall, and its possible redemption. John M. Fyler focuses on how three major poets - Chaucer, Dante, and Jean de Meun - participated in these debates about language. He offers fresh analyses of how the history of language is described and debated in the Divine Comedy, the Canterbury Tales and the Roman de la Rose. While Dante follows the Augustinian idea of the Fall and subsequent redemption of language, Jean de Meun and Chaucer are skeptical about the possibilities for linguistic redemption and resign themselves, at least half-comically, to the linguistic implications of the Fall and the declining world. Notes Medieval commentaries on the origin and history of language described the progressive impairment of an originally perfect language. Biblical and classical sources raised questions for both medieval poets and commentators about the nature of language, its participation in the Fall, and its possible redemption. John M. Fyler focuses on how Chaucer, Dante, and Jean de Meun participated in these debates about language. He offers new analyses of how the history of language is described and debated in the Divine Comedy, the Canterbury Tales and the Roman de la Rose. Author Biography John M. Fyler is Professor of English at Tufts University, Massachusetts. Table of Contents Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1. The Biblical history of language; 2. Love and language in Jean de Meun; 3. Dante and Chaucers Dante; 4. The prison-house of language; Notes; Primary sources; Bibliography; Index. Review "In this stimulating book, Professor Fyler seeks to explore the ways in which Chaucer, Dante and Jean de Meun come to terms with the question of the origins of language and its decline since the Fall of Man...[This book] stands as a powerful and sophisticated reading of Chaucer and his great vernacular auctores and will be read with profit by anyone interested in how Chaucer weaves himself in and out of those sources." -K. P. Clarke, Brasenose College Oxford, Review of English Studies Review Quote "...this book belongs on the reading list of any course dealing with language and authorship in medieval theology, literature, or culture. The first chapter alone should be required reading for all advanced students of medieval literature...one of those rare works of criticism that no reader will wish shorter." Promotional "Headline" This book examines how Chaucer, Dante, and Jean de Meun represented medieval debates on the origin and history of language? Description for Bookstore This book focuses on three major poets - Chaucer, Dante, and Jean de Meun - within the context of medieval commentaries on the origin and history of language. Description for Library This book focuses on three major poets - Chaucer, Dante, and Jean de Meun - within the context of medieval commentaries on the origin and history of language. Details ISBN0521872154 Author John M. Fyler Short Title LANGUAGE & THE DECLINING WORLD Pages 306 Publisher Cambridge University Press Series Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature Language English ISBN-10 0521872154 ISBN-13 9780521872157 Media Book Format Hardcover DEWEY 809.193 Year 2007 Publication Date 2007-08-31 Imprint Cambridge University Press Place of Publication Cambridge Country of Publication United Kingdom Illustrations black & white illustrations Affiliation Tufts University, Massachusetts DOI 10.1604/9780521872157 Series Number 63 Audience Professional and Scholarly UK Release Date 2007-07-16 AU Release Date 2007-07-16 NZ Release Date 2007-07-16 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:98134722;

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