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UNINA9910820684203321 |
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Titolo |
Feminist readings in Middle English literature : the Wife of Bath and all her sect / / edited by Ruth Evans and Lesley Johnson |
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London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1994 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-93180-8 |
1-134-93181-6 |
9786610144884 |
1-280-14488-2 |
0-203-97679-7 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (270 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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EvansRuth <1954-> |
JohnsonLesley <1957-> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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English literature - Middle English, 1100-1500 - History and criticism |
Women and literature - England - History |
Feminism and literature - England - History |
Sex role in literature |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 The Wife of Bath and the painting of lions; 3 Engendering pity in the Franklin's Tale; 4 Sexual economics, Chaucer's Wife of Bath and The Book of Margery Kempe; 5 Mysticism and hysteria: the histories of Margery Kempe and Anna O.; 6 Body politics: engendering medieval cycle drama; 7 Lady Holy Church and Meed the Maid: re-envisioning female personifications in Piers Plowman; 8 The Virgin's Tale; 9 Reincarnations of Griselda: contexts for the Clerk's Tale? |
10 'Taking the gold out of Egypt' the art of reading as a woman; Further reading; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This volume, designed with the student reader in mind, is an indispensable blend of key essays in the field with specially |
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