John Finlayson
Biographic Data
| ID | 3858049 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John Finlayson |
| GIVEN NAMES | John |
| FAMILY NAME | Finlayson |
| SIGNATURE | FINLAYSON J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Queen's University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1967 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
John Taylor, the Self-Made Poet, on Merit and Social Mobility in Mercantile London
This paper explores John Taylor’s fantasy of social advancement and meritocracy in his singular London Lord Mayor’s Show, The Triumphs of Fame and Honour (1634). Taylor defines himself as a self-educated poet and working waterman, and his performance of this identity—the “Water Poet”—constitutes a significant part of his pageant book and heavily influences the themes of his pageant devices. The Triumphs of Fame and Honour presents a distinctive “…
John Squire
Mercantilism and the Path to Spiritual Salvation in Thomas Heywood's Londini Emporia , or Londons Mercatura (1633)
Though often neglected, Thomas Heywood's London Lord Mayor's Shows are markedly different in both content and literary style from the printed accounts of civic pageants by other pageant authors, such as Thomas Middleton and Thomas Dekker. Londini Emporia (1633) in particular is innovative and distinctive, expanding in an original way the public performance material for the private sphere of its readership. In Londini Emporia Heywood weds the conv…
Invention and Disjunction
Additional informationNotes on contributorsJohn FinlaysonJohn Finlayson is Professor Emeritus of Queen's University, Kingston, Canada
Reading Chaucer's Nun's Priest's Tale
The Nun's Priest's Tale is at once one of Chaucer's most light-hearted and most artistically complex tales, as Helen Cooper has justly observed, “a kind of story-collection in miniature that works
Legendary ancestors and the expansion of romance in Richard, Coer de Lyon
Textual variants in Chaucer's house of fame
Morte Arthure
Ywain and Gawain and the Meaning of Adventure
Morte Arthure
John Squire
Mercantilism and the Path to Spiritual Salvation in Thomas Heywood's Londini Emporia , or Londons Mercatura (1633)
Though often neglected, Thomas Heywood's London Lord Mayor's Shows are markedly different in both content and literary style from the printed accounts of civic pageants by other pageant authors, such as Thomas Middleton and Thomas Dekker. Londini Emporia (1633) in particular is innovative and distinctive, expanding in an original way the public performance material for the private sphere of its readership. In Londini Emporia Heywood weds the conv…
Morte Arthure
Ywain and Gawain and the Meaning of Adventure
Morte Arthure
Textual variants in Chaucer's house of fame
Legendary ancestors and the expansion of romance in Richard, Coer de Lyon
Reading Chaucer's Nun's Priest's Tale
The Nun's Priest's Tale is at once one of Chaucer's most light-hearted and most artistically complex tales, as Helen Cooper has justly observed, “a kind of story-collection in miniature that works
Invention and Disjunction
Additional informationNotes on contributorsJohn FinlaysonJohn Finlayson is Professor Emeritus of Queen's University, Kingston, Canada
John Squire
Mercantilism and the Path to Spiritual Salvation in Thomas Heywood's Londini Emporia , or Londons Mercatura (1633)
Though often neglected, Thomas Heywood's London Lord Mayor's Shows are markedly different in both content and literary style from the printed accounts of civic pageants by other pageant authors, such as Thomas Middleton and Thomas Dekker. Londini Emporia (1633) in particular is innovative and distinctive, expanding in an original way the public performance material for the private sphere of its readership. In Londini Emporia Heywood weds the conv…
John Taylor, the Self-Made Poet, on Merit and Social Mobility in Mercantile London
This paper explores John Taylor’s fantasy of social advancement and meritocracy in his singular London Lord Mayor’s Show, The Triumphs of Fame and Honour (1634). Taylor defines himself as a self-educated poet and working waterman, and his performance of this identity—the “Water Poet”—constitutes a significant part of his pageant book and heavily influences the themes of his pageant devices. The Triumphs of Fame and Honour presents a distinctive “…
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