Divided loyalties: literary responses to the rise of oral authority in the modern era

Johnson, B. (2006) Divided loyalties: literary responses to the rise of oral authority in the modern era. Textus: English Studies in Italy, 19(2), pp. 285-304.

Abstract

My argument is that the problem of authority reflects a deeper epistemological crisis that can be modelled through the politics of the sensorium, the relationship between the eye and the ear as sources of knowledge. The developing confrontation between the authority of print and of oral tradition is a manifestation of a larger constellation of oppositions and it is important not to simplify the confrontation.

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Johnson, Professor Bruce
• Authors: Johnson, B.
• College/School: College of Arts & Humanities > School of Culture and Creative Arts > Music
• Journal Name: Textus: English Studies in Italy
• Publisher: Carocci Editore
• ISSN: 1824-3967