CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. List of Abbreviations xi
5. Introduction 1
6. 1 Vernacular Transformation of the Latin Inheritance: Chaucer’s House of Fame 13
7. 2 Depictions of Oral Language: The Owl and the Nightingale 45
8. 3 Ideas of Written Language: Merlin’s Magical Writing 73
9. 4 Metaphors of Language and Power: The Tutivillus Tales 105
10. 5 Disrupting the Power Structures of Language: Wheat and Chaff 141
11. Conclusions 177
12. Bibliography 181
13. Index 199