The World Grown Old in Later Medieval Literature (Medieval Academy Books)

Frontmatter 1 Preface (page vii) 7 Abbreviations and Editions (page ix) 9 List of Illustrations (page xi) 11 Introduction: The World Grown Old and the History of Ideas (page 1) 13 1 A Morphology of Subtopics De Senectute Mundi (page 37) 49 2 Genesis and the World Grown Old in Middle English Historical Writings (page 113) 125 3 Jean de Meun and the Critique of Erotic Idealism (page 143) 155 4 Dante and the Uses of Nostalgia: Inferno 14.94-120 (page 173) 185 5 Innocence, Untime, and the Agrarian Metaphor in Piers Plowman (page 197) 209 6 Social Deterioration and the Decline of Love in John Gower's Narratives (page 233) 245 7 Chaucer and the Decay of Virtue (page 271) 283 Conclusion: The Idea of the World Grown Old in the Later Middle Ages (page 315) 327 Bibliography of Works Cited (page 325) 337 Index (page 357) 369