Truth Is Trickiest: The Exploitation of Proverbial Authority in Medieval English Literature
Richardson, Gavin T.
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Description
Title
Truth Is Trickiest: The Exploitation of Proverbial Authority in Medieval English Literature
Author(s)
Richardson, Gavin T.
Issue Date
1998
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Wright, Charles D.
Department of Study
English
Discipline
English
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
Literature, English
Language
eng
Abstract
These texts reflect the paradox of proverbial authority in the Middle Ages; it is by turns esteemed and questioned, validated and dismissed. Such a paradox undermines the scholarly assumption that medieval men and women uncritically respected this important form of auctoritas. Despite the veneration of proverbial authority in the Middle Ages, there was considerable room for dissent.
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