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Chaucer's Narrators and the Rhetoric of Self-representation

出版	Peter Lang, 2008
主題	Foreign Language Study / English as a Second LanguageLanguage Arts & Disciplines / Speech & PronunciationLanguage Arts & Disciplines / Public Speaking & Speech WritingLiterary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, WelshLiterary Criticism / Ancient & ClassicalPoetry / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
ISBN	30391112139783039111213
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=2ld7ZzSyk1AC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Methods of representing individual voices were a primary concern for Geoffrey Chaucer. While many studies have focused on how he expresses the voices of his characters, especially in The Canterbury Tales, a sustained analysis of how he represents his own voice is still wanting. This book explores how Chaucer's first-person narrators are devices of self-representation that serve to influence representations of the poet. Drawing from recent developments in narratology, the history of reading, and theories of orality, this book considers how Chaucer adapts various rhetorical strategies throughout his poetry and prose to define himself and his audience in relation to past literary traditions and contemporary culture. The result is an understanding of how Chaucer anticipates, addresses, and influences his audience's perceptions of himself that broadens our appreciation of Chaucer as a master rhetorician.