Description: This book situates the development of English medieval literature in the context of parliament, focusing on Chaucer and Langland.
Brief description: Matthew Giancarlo received his PhD from Yale University, Connecticut in 1998 and is currently Associate Professor of English at the University of Kentucky. He is the author of several articles on medieval English literature and culture.
Review Quotes: ""Giancarlo's study succesfully interfaces with a range of recently prominent critical concerns: literature and documents/documentary culture, the status of English vernacularity, (and Ricardian origins), complaint and the rhetoric of the bill or petition, literature and legalism."
Ralph Hanna, University of Oxford