The Clerical Proletariat and the Resurgence of Medieval English Poetry
Author | : Kathryn Kerby-Fulton |
Publisher | : University of Pennsylvania Press |
Total Pages | : 408 |
Release | : 2021-05-28 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780812252637 |
ISBN-13 | : 0812252632 |
Rating | : 4/5 (37 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Clerical Proletariat and the Resurgence of Medieval English Poetry written by Kathryn Kerby-Fulton and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2021-05-28 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first study of the poetics of vocational crisis in Langland, Hoccleve, and Audelay, and many unattributed works, The Clerical Proletariat and the Resurgence of Medieval English Poetry discusses class, meritocracy, the gig economy, precarity, and the breaking of intellectual elites, speaking to both past and present employment urgencies.