Title The world grown old in later medieval literature / James M. Dean

Published Cambridge, Mass. : Medieval Academy of America, 1997

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 379 pages) : illustrations Series Medieval Academy books ; no. 101 Medieval Academy books ; no. 101. Contents Introduction: The world grown old and the history of ideas -- A morphology of subtopics De Senectute Mundi -- Genesis and the world grown old in Middle English historical writings -- Jean de Meun and the critique of erotic idealism -- Dante and the uses of nostalgia: Inferno 14.94-120 -- Innocence, untime, and the agrarian metaphor in Piers Plowman -- Social deterioration and the decline of love in John Gower's narratives --Chaucer and the decay of virtue -- Conclusion: The idea of the world grown old in the later Middle Ages Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-356) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Print version record Subject Literature, Medieval -- History and criticism. Religion and literature -- History -- To 1500 Literatura medieval -- Historia y crítica Literature, Medieval. Religion and literature. Literatur Nostalgie Sittenverfall Zeitkritik Moralistik Letterkunde. Wereld. Verval (geschiedenis) Languages & Literatures. Literature - General. Europa Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History. Form Electronic book Author Medieval Academy of America

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