Kimberly Fonzo

Retrospective Prophecy and Medieval English Authorship

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the reception of medieval authors’ works in order to dispel the inaccurate and misleading prophetic reputations that have been attributed to them.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. März 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 230mm x 156mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9781487563479
• ISBN-10: 1487563477
• Artikelnr.: 62853881

Autorenporträt

Kimberly Fonzo is an assistant professor in the Department of English at the University of Texas at San Antonio.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. The Sybil and Merlin: Political Prophecy in the French and English Royal
Courts
2. William Langland’s Parodic Prophecies
3. Henry IV and the Post Facto Construction of a Prophetic John Gower
4. The Legacy of "Chaucer’s Prophecy" in The House of Fame
Afterword