{"title":"Amanda Holton","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAmanda Holton\u003c\/strong\u003e presents insightful explorations into medieval literature and cultural history, with a keen focus on poetic traditions. Her work often examines the intricate sources and influences that shaped canonical texts, offering readers a deep appreciation of artistic expression through the ages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRooted in the \u003cem\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/em\u003e category, Holton's writing invites those interested in literary scholarship and historical poetics to engage with richly detailed analyses that illuminate the enduring power of classical narratives.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-sources-of-chaucers-poetics-by-amanda-holton-9780754663942","title":"The Sources of Chaucer's Poetics","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFocusing on four aspects of Chaucer's poetics—use of narrative, speech, rhetoric, and figurative language—this is the first book-length study to identify Chaucer's distinctive poetic strategies by making specific comparisons with known textual sources.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe author provides a combination of analysis of both poetic stylistics and sources, reading \u003cem\u003eThe Legend of Good Women\u003c\/em\u003e and five of \u003cem\u003eThe Canterbury Tales\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eThe Knight's Tale\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Man of Law's Tale\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Physician's Tale\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Monk's Tale\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Manciple's Tale\u003c\/em\u003e) against their textual sources, including Ovid's \u003cem\u003eMetamorphoses\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eHeroides\u003c\/em\u003e, Boccaccio's \u003cem\u003eTeseida\u003c\/em\u003e, Virgil's \u003cem\u003eAeneid\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLe Roman de la Rose\u003c\/em\u003e, and histories by Nicholas Trevet and Guido delle Colonne.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHolton provides a picture of Chaucer's habits as a writer, showing that he was consistent in asserting his own techniques against the pressure of his sources and in keeping control over words and their meaning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47608173560044,"sku":"9780754663942","price":353.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780754663942-the-sources-of-chaucer-s-poetics.jpg?v=1778187604"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/amanda-holton.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}