TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rogers,Will
AU  - Project Muse
TI  - Writing old age and impairments in late medieval England /by Will Rogers
T2  - Borderlines
SN  - 9781641892551
AV  - PR275 .W758 2021
PY  - 0000///
CY  - Baltimore, Md.
PB  - Project MUSE
KW  - English literature
KW  - Middle English, 1100-1500
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Old age in literature
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; 2; b
N2  - The old speaker in Middle English literature often claims to be impaired because of age. This admission is often followed by narration that directly contradicts it, as speakers, such as the Reeve in Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales' or Amans in Gower's 'Confessio Amantis', proceed to perform even as they claim debility. More than the modesty topos, this contradiction exists, the book argues, as prosthesis: old age brings with it debility, but discussing age-related impairments augments the old, impaired body, while simultaneously undercutting and emphasizing bodily impairments. This language of prosthesis becomes a metaphor for the works these speakers use to fashion narrative, which exist as incomplete yet powerful sources
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