TY  - GEN
T1  - Writing old age and impairments in late medieval England
T2  - Borderlines (Leeds, England)
A1  - Rogers, Will (Medievalist)
LA  - English
PP  - Leeds
PB  - Arc Humanities Press
YR  - 2021
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_on1246809504
AB  - The old speaker in Middle English literature often claims to be impaired because of age. This admission is often followed by narration that directly contradicts it, as speakers, such as the Reeve in Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales' or Amans in Gower's 'Confessio Amantis', proceed to perform even as they claim debility. More than the modesty topos, this contradiction exists, the book argues, as prosthesis: old age brings with it debility, but discussing age-related impairments augments the old, impaired body, while simultaneously undercutting and emphasizing bodily impairments. This language of prosthesis becomes a metaphor for the works these speakers use to fashion narrative, which exist as incomplete yet powerful sources.
CN  - PR275.O54 R65 2021
SN  - 1641892552
SN  - 9781641892551
SN  - 1641892544
SN  - 9781641892544
KW  - English literature : Middle English, 1100-1500 : History and criticism.
KW  - Old age in literature.
KW  - Littérature anglaise : 1100-1500 (Moyen anglais) : Histoire et critique.
KW  - Vieillesse dans la littérature.
KW  - LITERARY CRITICISM : Medieval.
KW  - English literature : Middle English
KW  - Old age in literature
KW  - 1100-1500
KW  - Caxton.
KW  - Chaucer.
KW  - Disability.
KW  - Hamlet.
KW  - Hoccleve.
KW  - John Gower.
KW  - Middle English literature.
KW  - Polonius.
KW  - prosthesis.
KW  - rhetoric.
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc.
ER  -