Literature and heresy in the age of Chaucer
By: Andrew Cole.
Series: Cambridge studies in medieval literature -- 71
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 297
ISBN-13: 9780521887915
Subjects: Wycliffe, John, -- d. 1384 -- Influence; English literature -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- History and criticism; Heresies, Christian, in literature; Lollards in literature; Theology in literature; Canon (Literature) -- History -- To 1500; Literature and society -- England -- History -- To 1500
Description: After the late 14th century, English literature was fundamentally shaped by the heresy of John Wyclif and his followers. This study demonstrates how Chaucer, Langland, John Clanvowe, Margery Kempe, Thomas Hoccleve and John Lydgate, far from eschewing Wycliffism, viewed it as a distinctly new intellectual resource.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.