{"product_id":"retrospective-prophecy-and-medieval-english-authorship-hardback-9781487563479","title":"Retrospective Prophecy and Medieval English Authorship (Hardback) 9781487563479","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eRetrospective Prophecy and Medieval English Authorship\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eKimberly Fonzo (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487563479\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 22 March 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e200 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.9 x 1.3 cm, 0.41 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe prescience of medieval English authors has long been a source of fascination to readers.\u003ci\u003e Retrospective Prophecy and Medieval English Authorship\u003c\/i\u003e draws attention to the ways that misinterpreted, proleptically added, or dubiously attributed prognostications influenced the reputations of famed Middle English authors. It illuminates the creative ways in which William Langland, John Gower, and Geoffrey Chaucer engaged with prophecy to cultivate their own identities and to speak to the problems of their age.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRetrospective Prophecy and Medieval English Authorship\u003c\/i\u003e examines the prophetic reputations of these well-known medieval authors whose fame made them especially subject to nationalist appropriation. Kimberly Fonzo explains that retrospectively co-opting the prophetic voices of canonical authors aids those looking to excuse or endorse key events of national history by implying that they were destined to happen. She challenges the reputations of Langland, Gower, and Chaucer as prophets of the Protestant Reformation, Richard II\u0026amp;#x2019;s deposition, and secular Humanism, respectively.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis intellectual and critical assessment of medieval authors and their works successfully makes the case that prophecy emerged and recurred as an important theme in medieval authorial self-representations. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. The Sybil and Merlin: Political Prophecy in the French and English Royal Courts \u003cbr\u003e2. William Langland\u0026amp;#x2019;s Parodic Prophecies\u003cbr\u003e3. Henry IV and the Post Facto Construction of a Prophetic John Gower\u003cbr\u003e4. The Legacy of \"Chaucer\u0026amp;#x2019;s Prophecy\" in \u003cem\u003eThe House of Fame\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfterword\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52596010418456,"sku":"9781487563479","price":35.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/retrospective-prophecy-and-medieval-english-authorship-hardback-9781487563479","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}