Chaucer's women : nuns, wives, and Amazons / Priscilla Martin
1996, 2nd edition. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Macmillan. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #426050
ISBN: 0333641418
Physical description; xvi, 254 pages ; 23 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; 1. The Man with the Book, or 'Who Painted the Lion?' -- 2. Two Ideals: The Dame and the Duchess -- 3. Two Misfits: The Nun and the Wife -- 4. The Amazon and the Wise Woman, or 'God Knows What She Thought' -- 5. The Merchandise of Love: Winners and Wasters -- 6. The Merchandise of Love: Wives and Merchants -- 7. Real Women in Imaginary Gardens -- 8. The Saints -- 9. Criseyde -- 10. The Women in the Books -- 11. Sex, Discourse and Silence. Subjects; Chaucer, Geoffrey -1400 Characters Women. To 1500. 500-1500. Women and literature England History To 1500. Women England History Middle Ages, 500-1500. Feminism and literature England History To 1500. Women in literature. Civilization, Medieval, in literature. Feminism and literature England.
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