Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-257) and index.
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Part I: Space, Symbolization, and Social Practice -- 1. Three London Itineraries: Aesthetic Purity and the Composing Process -- 2. Walking Fire: Symbolization, Action, and Lollard Burning -- 3. Coronation as Legible Practice -- Part II: Time and Narrative -- 4. "Lad with Revel to Newegate": Chaucerian Narrative and Historical Metanarrative -- 5. Fictions of Time and Origin: Friar Huberd and the Lepers -- 6. Chaucer's Troilus as Temporal Archive -- Part III: Reading the Historical Text -- 7. Prohibiting History: Capgrave and the Death of Richard II -- 8. Trade, Treason, and the Murder of Janus Imperial -- 9. Shakespeare's Oldcastle: Another Ill-Framed Knight -- 10. Postmodernism and History -- Part IV: Psychoanalysis and Medieval Studies -- 11. What Can We Know about Chaucer That He Didn't Know about Himself? -- 12. John's Locked Box: Kingship and the Management of Desire -- 13. Mellyagant's Primal Scene.
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PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Chaucer, Geoffrey,-1400-- Criticism and interpretation.
Shakespeare, William,1564-1616-- History.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Civilization, Medieval, in literature.
English literature-- Middle English, 1100-1500-- History and criticism-- Theory, etc.
Historical drama, English-- History and criticism.
Kings and rulers in literature.
Literature and history-- Great Britain-- History-- 16th century.
Literature and history-- Great Britain-- History-- To 1500.