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 Poetics of the Past, Politics of the Present: Chaucer, Gower, and Old Books
Genius as the sole organising entity behind the material on ‘hou Alisandre was betawht / to Aristotle’ (VI, 2411-2). Genius also tends to present his material in a way that suggests that authorities on his subject speak with one voice. For example, on the creation of the four elem...
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Genius as the sole organising entity behind the material on ‘hou Alisandre was betawht / to Aristotle’ (VI, 2411-2). Genius also tends to present his material in a way that suggests that authorities on his subject speak with one voice. For example, on the creation of the four elements he says ‘Wherof, if that I shal conforme / The figure unto that it is / These olde clerkes tellen this’ (VII, 342-4). In the Melibee, we would almost certainly be presented with one source having one opinion on the subject
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Genius as the sole organising entity behind the material on ‘hou Alisandre was betawht / to Aristotle’ (VI, <span class="highlight">2411</span>-2). Genius also tends to present his material in a way that suggests that authorities on his subject speak with one voice. For example, on the creation of the four elements he says ‘Wherof, if that I shal conforme / The figure unto that it is / These olde clerkes tellen this’ (VII, 342-4). In the Melibee, we would almost certainly be presented with one source having one opinion on the subject
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