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Overview"""The paradox of the lie that might as well be true,"" writes Paul Strohm, ""must interest anyone who seeks to understand texts in history or the historical influence of texts."" In these seven essays, all recent and most published here for the first time, the author examines historical and literary texts from fourteenth-century England. He not only demonstrates the fictionality of narrative and documentary sources, but also argues that these fictions are themselves fully historical. Together the essays institute a dialogue between texts and events that restores historical documents and literary works to their larger environments. Strohm begins by inspecting legal records that accuse Hochon of Liverpool in 1384 of threatening to shoot an arrow at a political adversary urinating against a wall, and shows how the text embodies and interconnects language, social space, and historical interpretation itself.Throughout his analyses, which cover such topics as Chaucer's verses on the accession of Henry IV, Froissart's account of Queen Philippa interceding for the burghers of Calais, and Thomas Usk's accusations against John Northampton, Strohm alerts us to the distortions of textuality itself while challenging our notions of ""invented"" and ""true."" Originally published in 1992. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Paul StrohmPublisher: Princeton University Press Imprint: Princeton University Press Volume: 4582 Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.482kg ISBN: 9780691631462ISBN 10: 0691631468 Pages: 218 Publication Date: 19 April 2016 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Language: English Table of Contents"AcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction: False Fables and Historical Truth3Ch. 1Hochon's Arrow11Ch. 2""A Revelle!"": Chronicle Evidence and the Rebel Voice33Ch. 3The Textual Environment of Chaucer's ""Lak of Stedfastnesse""57Ch. 4Saving the Appearances: Chaucer's ""Purse"" and the Fabrication of the Lancastrian Claim75Ch. 5Queens as Intercessors95Ch. 6Treason in the Household121Ch. 7The Textual Vicissitudes of Usk's ""Appeal""145Appendix 1: The Accusations Against Thomas Austin161Appendix 2: The Literature of Livery179Works Cited187Index199"ReviewsAn original and facinating study ... Neither traditional literary criticism nor traditional historiography, this book develops a highly effective position from which to consider medival texts in relation to their moment. Stroem's intellectual generosity and the and the ugaurded accessiblity of his writing serve his erudition admirably, resulting in a baook that holds rewards for all who read it. --Modern Philology Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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