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2 Depictions of Oral Language: The Owl and the Nightingale
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Kathy Cawsey
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- CONTENTS vii
- Acknowledgments ix
- List of Abbreviations xi
- Introduction 1
- 1 Vernacular Transformation of the Latin Inheritance: Chaucer’s House of Fame 13
- 2 Depictions of Oral Language: The Owl and the Nightingale 45
- 3 Ideas of Written Language: Merlin’s Magical Writing 73
- 4 Metaphors of Language and Power: The Tutivillus Tales 105
- 5 Disrupting the Power Structures of Language: Wheat and Chaff 141
- Conclusions 177
- Bibliography 181
- Index 199
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- CONTENTS vii
- Acknowledgments ix
- List of Abbreviations xi
- Introduction 1
- 1 Vernacular Transformation of the Latin Inheritance: Chaucer’s House of Fame 13
- 2 Depictions of Oral Language: The Owl and the Nightingale 45
- 3 Ideas of Written Language: Merlin’s Magical Writing 73
- 4 Metaphors of Language and Power: The Tutivillus Tales 105
- 5 Disrupting the Power Structures of Language: Wheat and Chaff 141
- Conclusions 177
- Bibliography 181
- Index 199
