Late-medieval prison writing and the politics of autobiography
By: Joanna Summers.
Series: Oxford English monographs
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 229
Subjects: Prisoners' writings, English; Autobiography; Captivity narratives
Description: Boethius's 'Consolation of philosophy' has long been taken as one of the seminal works of the Middle Ages, yet despite study of many aspects of this book, the legacy of the figure of the writer in prison has not been explored. This title explores autobiographical identity in a group of late medieval 'prison texts'.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-222) and index.