Poetic License: Authorio and Authorship in Medieval and Renaissance Contexts.

Incidental reference. PPl is illustrative of the late medieval tradition of presenting opposing views of dream visions that call into question not only the dream but the status and values of the auctores cited. By pitting text against text with unresolved results, WL forces the individual either to choose one attitude, reject the tradition and rely on his own judgment, or abstain from taking any position.