{"product_id":"practicing-literary-theory-in-the-middle-ages-ethics-and-the-mixed-form-in-chaucer-gower-usk-and-hoccleve-paperback","title":"Practicing Literary Theory in the Middle Ages: Ethics and the Mixed Form in Chaucer, Gower, Usk, and Hoccleve - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEleanor Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLiterary scholars often avoid the category of the aesthetic in discussions of ethics, believing that purely aesthetic judgments can vitiate analyses of a literary work's sociopolitical heft and meaning. In \u003ci\u003ePracticing Literary Theory in the Middle Ages\u003c\/i\u003e, Eleanor Johnson reveals that aesthetics-the formal aspects of literary language that make it sense-perceptible-are indeed inextricable from ethics in the writing of medieval literature. Johnson brings a keen formalist eye to bear on the prosimetric form: the mixing of prose with lyrical poetry. This form descends from the writings of the sixth-century Christian philosopher Boethius-specifically his famous prison text, \u003ci\u003eConsolation of Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e-to the late medieval English tradition. Johnson argues that Boethius's text had a broad influence not simply on the thematic and philosophical content of subsequent literary writing, but also on the specific aesthetic construction of several vernacular traditions. She demonstrates the underlying prosimetric structures in a variety of Middle English texts-including Chaucer's \u003ci\u003eTroilus and Criseyde\u003c\/i\u003e and portions of the \u003ci\u003eCanterbury Tales\u003c\/i\u003e, Thomas Usk's \u003ci\u003eTestament of Love\u003c\/i\u003e, John Gower's \u003ci\u003eConfessio amantis\u003c\/i\u003e, and Thomas Hoccleve's autobiographical poetry-and asks how particular formal choices work, how they resonate with medieval literary-theoretical ideas, and how particular poems and prose works mediate the tricky business of modeling ethical transformation for a readership.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEleanor Johnson \u003c\/b\u003eis assistant professor of English and comparative literature at Columbia University. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 20, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47707794800888,"sku":"9780226527451","price":75.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/5629\/7208\/files\/QnJQb0djL2Nld01qd3Z1dGgyOE83QT09.webp?v=1766602532","url":"https:\/\/barneysbooksellers.com\/products\/practicing-literary-theory-in-the-middle-ages-ethics-and-the-mixed-form-in-chaucer-gower-usk-and-hoccleve-paperback","provider":"Barney's Book Sellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}