{"product_id":"allegory-and-the-poetic-self-r-barton-palmer-9780813069517","title":"Allegory and the Poetic Self: First-Person Narration in Late Medieval Literature","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe\u003cbr\u003erise of an influential new family of poetry in the Middle Ages\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis\u003cbr\u003ebook is the first collective examination of late medieval intimate first-person\u003cbr\u003enarratives that blur the lines between author, narrator, and protagonist and\u003cbr\u003eusually feature personification allegory and courtly love tropes, creating an\u003cbr\u003eexperimental new family of poetry. In this volume, contributors analyze why the\u003cbr\u003eallegorical first-person romance embedded itself in the vernacular literature\u003cbr\u003eof Western Europe and remained popular for more than two centuries. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe\u003cbr\u003eeditors identify and discuss three predominant forms within this family: debate\u003cbr\u003epoetry, dream allegories, and autobiographies. Contributors offer textual\u003cbr\u003eanalyses of key works from late medieval German, French, Italian, and Iberian\u003cbr\u003eliterature, with discussion of developments in England, as well. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAllegory\u003cbr\u003eand the Poetic Self\u003c\/i\u003e offers a\u003cbr\u003esophisticated, theoretically current discussion of relevant literature. This exploration of medieval \"I\" narratives\u003cbr\u003eoffers insights not just into the premodern period but also into Western\u003cbr\u003eliterature's subsequent traditions of self-analysis and identity crafting\u003cbr\u003ethrough storytelling.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e R. Barton Palmer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813069513\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813069517\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Florida\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/18\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 326\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.88d","brand":"R. Barton Palmer","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44070851772671,"sku":"9780813069517","price":80.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ce8fc4e3-98b3-4ed6-a517-7f6d4a6c264d.jpg?v=1685432708","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/allegory-and-the-poetic-self-r-barton-palmer-9780813069517","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}