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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Truth Is Trickiest: The Exploitation of Proverbial Authority in Medieval English Literature
Abstract
dc:descriptionThese 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.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Ph.D.
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Dissertation
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- English
- Grantor
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Year dc:date
- 2015
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Richardson, Gavin T.
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Wright, Charles D.
Subjects
dc:subject × 1Rights
- Language dc:language
- eng
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Identifier
- (MiAaPQ)AAI9912353
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/81495