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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791691303321

Autore

Lipton Emma <1964->

Titolo

Affections of the mind [[electronic resource] ] : the politics of sacramental marriage in late medieval English literature / / Emma Lipton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Notre Dame, Ind., : University of Notre Dame Press, c2007

ISBN

0-268-08589-7

0-268-08572-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Disciplina

820.9/3543

Soggetti

English literature - Middle English, 1100-1500 - History and criticism

Marriage in literature

Marriage - Political aspects - England - History - To 1500

Marriage - Religious aspects

Authority in literature

Social values in literature

Social groups in literature

Literature and society - England - History - To 1500

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-237) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: the politics of sacramental marriage in late medieval culture -- Married friendship : an ideology for the franklin -- Public voice, private life: marriage and masculinity in John Gower's Traité -- Performing reform : marriage, lay piety, and sacramental theater in the N-town Mary plays -- The marriage of love and sex : Margery Kempe and bourgeois lay identity.