This article examines narratorial styles in medieval poetry, highlighting cultural influences and class dynamics.
Key Points
The research aims to explore the unique narrative styles and cultural influences present in the Harley manuscripts, particularly regarding social class.
Analyzed poems from Harley 2253 and Harley 913, focusing on narrative structure and themes.
Compared self-satirizing voices in selected poems to illustrate cultural influences.
Contextualized findings within historical migration patterns and cultural exchanges.
Identified a shared taste for complex narrators between the two manuscripts.
Demonstrated how compilers expressed their social class through poetic choices.
Showed that English poems displayed a greater affinity for egalitarian ideals compared to French poems.
Cite This Study
Kathryn Kerby-Fulton (2025) studied this question.