id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt 1n79h417h9n Shannon Valenzuela Mnemosyne's Son: Chaucer, Translation, and the Creation of English Textual Memory 2007 .txt text/plain 333 10 29 Chaucer's use of translation as a means of rhetorical invention is deeply connected to medieval technologies of memory; Chaucer's poetry not only explores the theoretical possibilities of these activities, but also offers different perspectives on the relationship between right reading and right action. This dissertation considers the various ways in which Chaucer explores three distinct, though related, theoretical issues posed by the development of English as a literary vernacular: namely, the nature of translation, the construction of textual memory, and the relationship between reading and ethics. cache/1n79h417h9n.txt txt/1n79h417h9n.txt