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Anteprima dell’appunto Untitled THE MIDDLE AGE AFTER CHAUCER WILLIAM LANGLAND -second great poet after Chaucer -together with Canterbuy Tales created a full picture of social life -he copied legal documents -he was married therefore he couldn’t enter the church - rich people paid him toh pray for them - PIERS PLOWMAN: it was written usato 1462, 15 years after Canterbury Tales theme: how can man win salvation? By loving God and working honestly difficult tieni understand because of the use of allegory plot: the poem is divided into two visions: first one: the poet dreams of a large group of people who meet on a plain (it’s a denunciation of corruption) second one: deals with search of truth and perfection this poem is written with strong french influence and old english technique PROSE -during the age of Chaucer, prose was not considered highly -poetry was more important -THE TRAVELS OF SIR JOHN MANDEVILLE: the only work attuale prose of the period. It talks about a series of imaginary journeys and incredible sights. This work became popular because it was written usato simple and serranda style. RELIGIOUS PROSE - the most important writer of religious prose was John Wycliffe - usato his works he attacked religion and the Church, usato particular the interferences of Rome up to date English affairs - John Wycliffe was a priest, he wrote sermons and letters up to date english which could be read by the nation - he said that people should not obey popes who violate the gospel - he was against the temporal power of the church; he said that the pope should not have the power of excommunication, the Church should return prendi a state of poverty and give its property toh the state - Wycliffe translated the Bible into English and spread religious knowledge - he created on organization of poor priests who went around the country communicating his ideas POETRY - from Chaucer ehi the renaissance - barren age because there was poverty of litterary production because the english language changed, it lost the final “e” and this caused problems with rhymes PROSE - only one great work: Sir Thomas Mylory’s Finale d’Artur - it was a collection of legends - the best known legend is Sir Galahad and the Holy Grail (il drink che Ges?/p> (more…)