Allegory and the Poetic Self
Allegory and the Poetic Self
First-Person Narration in Late Medieval Literature
This book examines the rise of an influential new family of poetry in the late Middle Ages, analyzing why the allegorical first-person romance embedded itself in the vernacular literature of Western Europe and remained popular for more than two centuries.
R. Barton Palmer, Calhoun Lemon Professor Emeritus of English at Clemson University, is coeditor of Machaut’s Legacy: The Judgment Poetry Tradition in the Later Middle Ages and Beyond. Katharina Philipowski, medieval German literature professor at the University of Potsdam, is coeditor of Von Sich Selbst Erzahlen: Historische Dimensionen Des Ich-Erzahlens. Julia Rüthemann, Feodor Lynen research fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS) in Paris, is coeditor of Körper-Ästhetiken: Allegorische Verkörperungen als ästhetisches Prinzip.
