O narrator!: narrative, rhetoric, and justice in Chaucers <I>The Man of Law's Tale</I>

O narrator!: narrative, rhetoric, and justice in Chaucers <I>The Man of Law's Tale</I>

<p>Chaucers <I>Man of Laws Tale</I> has been largely ignored in comparison to the rest of <I>The Canterbury Tales</I> due to the rhetorical embellishment in the tale. However, examining the tale in the cultural context of its narrator, as well as in the context of the t...

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Main Author: Branum, Caitlin Josephine
Other Authors: Holly Johnson
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Language:en
Published: MSSTATE 2016
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English
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spelling ndltd-MSSTATE-oai-library.msstate.edu-etd-03232016-1159262016-07-15T15:48:16Z O narrator!: narrative, rhetoric, and justice in Chaucers <I>The Man of Law's Tale</I> Branum, Caitlin Josephine English <p>Chaucers <I>Man of Laws Tale</I> has been largely ignored in comparison to the rest of <I>The Canterbury Tales</I> due to the rhetorical embellishment in the tale. However, examining the tale in the cultural context of its narrator, as well as in the context of the textual and oral rhetorical strategies of the fourteenth century, reveals that the Man of Law creates an argument out of his fictional tale that ties the developing fourteenth century common law system to divine justice, thereby justifying his profession to his audience</p> Holly Johnson Gregory W. Bentley Lara A. Dodds MSSTATE 2016-04-18 text application/pdf http://sun.library.msstate.edu/ETD-db/theses/available/etd-03232016-115926/ http://sun.library.msstate.edu/ETD-db/theses/available/etd-03232016-115926/ en restricted I hereby certify that, if appropriate, I have obtained and attached hereto a written permission statement from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis, Dissertation, or project report, allowing distribution as specified below. I certify that the version I submitted is the same as that approved by my advisory committee. I hereby grant to Mississippi State University Libraries or its agents the non-exclusive license to archive and make accessible, under the conditions specified below, my thesis, Dissertation, or project report in whole or in part in all forms of media, now or hereafter known. I retain all other ownership rights to the copyright of the thesis, Dissertation or project report. I also retain the right to use in future works (such as articles or books) all or part of this thesis, Dissertation, or project report.
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O narrator!: narrative, rhetoric, and justice in Chaucers <I>The Man of Law's Tale</I>
description <p>Chaucers <I>Man of Laws Tale</I> has been largely ignored in comparison to the rest of <I>The Canterbury Tales</I> due to the rhetorical embellishment in the tale. However, examining the tale in the cultural context of its narrator, as well as in the context of the textual and oral rhetorical strategies of the fourteenth century, reveals that the Man of Law creates an argument out of his fictional tale that ties the developing fourteenth century common law system to divine justice, thereby justifying his profession to his audience</p>
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