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A lively defence of the ethics of exemplary narrative, and a detailed account of its forms and functioning in the works of Geoffrey Chaucer and John Gower. Why do medieval writers routinely make use of exemplary rhetoric? How does it work, and what are its ethical and poetical values? And if Chaucer and Gower must be seen as vigorously subverting it, then why do they persist in using it? Borrowing from recent developments in ethical criticism and theory, this book addresses such questions by reconstructing a late medieval rationale for the ethics of exemplary narrative. The author argues that Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales' and Gower's 'Confessio Amantis' attest to the vitality of a narrative - rather than strictly normative - ethics that has roots in premodern traditions of practical reason and rhetoric. Chaucer and Gower are shown to be inheritors and respecters of an early and unexpected form of ethical pragmatism - which has profound implications for the orthodox history of ethics in the West. Recipient of the 2008 John H. Fisher Award for significant contribution to the field of Gower Studies. Dr J ALLAN MITCHELL is Lecturer in Medieval Literature, University of Kent, Canterbury.
Ethics, Medieval, in literature. --- Exempla in literature. --- Rhetoric, Medieval. --- Chaucer, Geoffrey, --- Gower, John, --- Chaucer, Jeffrey, --- Chʻiao-sou, Chieh-fu-lei, --- Chieh-fu-lei Chʻiao-sou, --- Choser, Dzheffri, --- Choser, Zheoffreĭ, --- Cosvr, Jvoffrvi, --- Tishūsar, Zhiyūfrī, --- Ethics. --- Technique. --- Ethical Pragmatism. --- Exemplary Rhetoric. --- Medieval Writers. --- Normative Ethics.
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This book explores the multiplicity of ways in which the Charlemagne legend was recorded in Latin texts of the central and later Middle Ages, moving beyond some of the earlier canonical "raw materials", such as Einhard's Vita Karoli Magni, to focus on productions of the eleventh to fifteenth centuries. A distinctive feature of the volume's coverage is the diversity of Latin textual environments and genres that the contributors examine in their work, including chronicles, liturgy and pseudo-histories, as well as apologetical treatises and works of hagiography and literature. Perhaps most importantly, the book examines the "many lives" that Charlemagne was believed to have lived by successive generations of medieval Latin writers, for whom he was not only a king and an emperor but also a saint, a crusader, and, indeed, a necrophiliac.
Contributors: Matthew Gabriele, Jace Stuckey, Sebastián Salvadó, Miguel Dolan Gómez, Jeffrey Doolittle, James Williams, Andrew J. Romig, Oren J. Margolis.
Charlemagne, --- France --- Holy Roman Empire --- History --- Karol Wielki, --- Karl --- Carolus Magnus, --- Shārlmān, --- Charles the Great, --- Karl Velikiĭ, --- Carlo Magno, --- Carlos Magno, --- Karolus Magnus, --- Karl the Great, --- Carlomagno, --- Karl den store, --- شارلمان، --- To 1517 --- Charlemagne --- LITERARY CRITICISM / European / General. --- Byzantium. --- Charlemagne Legend. --- Charlemagne. --- Chronicles. --- Collective Identities. --- Crusader. --- Hagiography. --- Latin Textual Environments. --- Legends. --- Literature. --- Liturgy. --- Manifestations. --- Medieval Latin Texts. --- Medieval Writers. --- Middle Ages. --- Necrophiliac. --- Political Science. --- Political Views. --- Saint. --- Thirteenth Century. --- Twelfth Century.
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The truth of Chan Buddhism-better known as "Zen"-is regularly said to be beyond language, and yet Chan authors-medieval and modern-produced an enormous quantity of literature over the centuries. To make sense of this well-known paradox, Patriarchs on Paper explores several genres of Chan literature that appeared during the Tang and Song dynasties (c. 600-1300), including genealogies, biographies, dialogues, poems, monastic handbooks, and koans. Working through this diverse body of literature, Alan Cole details how Chan authors developed several strategies to evoke images of a perfect Buddhism in which wonderfully simple masters transmitted Buddhism's final truth to one another, suddenly and easily, and, of course, independent of literature and the complexities of the Buddhist monastic system. Chan literature, then, reveled in staging delightful images of a Buddhism free of Buddhism, tempting the reader, over and over, with the possibility of finding behind the thick façade of real Buddhism-with all its rules, texts, doctrines, and institutional solidity-an ethereal world of pure spirit. Patriarchs on Paper charts the emergence of this kind of "fantasy Buddhism" and details how it interacted with more traditional forms of Chinese Buddhism in order to show how Chan's illustrious ancestors were created in literature in order to further a wide range of real-world agendas.
Zen literature, Chinese --- Zen Buddhism --- Chinese Zen literature --- Chinese literature --- Chʻan Buddhism --- Dhyāna (Sect) --- Zen --- Zen (Sect) --- Buddhism --- Mahayana Buddhism --- History and criticism. --- History of doctrines --- Zen literature, Chinese - China - History and criticism. --- Zen Buddhism - History of doctrines - Middle Ages, 600-1500. --- buddha. --- buddhism. --- chan buddhism. --- chan literature. --- chan. --- chinese buddhism. --- cultural studies. --- eastern culture. --- fantasy buddhism. --- final truth. --- huineng. --- institutional solidarity. --- jingjue. --- koans. --- literary tradition. --- medieval writers. --- modern writers. --- monastic handbooks. --- monastic system. --- perfect buddhism. --- poems. --- pure spirit. --- religion. --- religious doctrines. --- religious history. --- religious literature. --- religious studies. --- shenhui. --- song dynasty. --- spiritual. --- tang dynasty. --- zen philosophy. --- zen.
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A study of the personal religion of King John, presenting a more complex picture of his actions and attitude.
Kings and rulers --- Religion and politics. --- Religious life --- John, --- Religion. --- Political science --- Politics, Practical --- Politics and religion --- Religion --- Religions --- Czars (Kings and rulers) --- Kings and rulers, Primitive --- Monarchs --- Royalty --- Rulers --- Sovereigns --- Tsars --- Tzars --- Heads of state --- Queens --- Religious aspects --- Political aspects --- John Lackland, --- Lackland, John, --- Johans Sanz Terre, --- Great Britain --- History --- Church history --- HISTORY / Medieval. --- King John. --- actions. --- attitude. --- authority. --- chapels. --- chaplains. --- church dispute. --- church. --- excommunication. --- faith. --- historical context. --- holy relics. --- interdict. --- masses. --- medieval church. --- medieval period. --- medieval rulers. --- medieval writers. --- memory. --- personal religion. --- religion. --- religious houses. --- reputation. --- royal religious activity. --- saints.
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