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Memory and Confession in Middle English Literature

Memory and Confession in Middle English Literature

Tracy, Kisha G.

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Series: New Middle Ages

Literary Criticism

ISBN10: 3319857231
ISBN13: 9783319857237
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: Jul 28 2018
Pages: 123
Weight: 0.37
Height: 0.28 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English

This book argues that the traditional relationship between the act of confessing and the act of remembering is manifested through the widespread juxtaposition of confession and memory in Middle English literary texts and, furthermore, that this concept permeates other manifestations of memory as written by authors in a variety of genres. This study, through the framework of confession, identifies moments of recollection within the texts of four major Middle English authors - Langland, Chaucer, Gower, and the Gawain-Poet - and demonstrates that these authors deliberately employed the devices of recollection and forgetfulness in order to indicate changes or the lack thereof, both in conduct and in mindset, in their narrative subjects.

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