03458oam 2200709I 450 991078469210332120230421044041.01-134-93180-81-134-93181-697866101448841-280-14488-20-203-97679-710.4324/9780203976791 (CKB)1000000000361219(EBL)235193(OCoLC)560258257(SSID)ssj0000154203(PQKBManifestationID)11179317(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000154203(PQKBWorkID)10406467(PQKB)11027172(MiAaPQ)EBC235193(Au-PeEL)EBL235193(CaPaEBR)ebr10095857(CaONFJC)MIL14488(OCoLC)61284156(EXLCZ)99100000000036121920180331d1994 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFeminist readings in Middle English literature the Wife of Bath and all her sect /edited by Ruth Evans and Lesley JohnsonLondon ;New York :Routledge,1994.1 online resource (270 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-05819-8 0-415-05818-X Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexThis volume, designed with the student reader in mind, is an indispensable blend of key essays in the field with specially commissioned new material by feminist scholars from the UK and the US. It includes a diversity of texts and feminist approaches, a substantial and very illuminating introduction by the editors, and an annotated list of Further Reading, offering preliminary guidance to the reader approaching the topic of gender and medieval literature for the first time. Works and writers covered include: * Chaucer * Margery Kempe * Christine de Pisan * The Katherine groEnglish literatureMiddle English, 1100-1500History and criticismWomen and literatureEnglandHistoryFeminism and literatureEnglandHistorySex role in literatureEnglish literatureHistory and criticism.Women and literatureHistory.Feminism and literatureHistory.Sex role in literature.820.9001820.93520420902Evans Ruth1954-802573Johnson Lesley1957-710643MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910784692103321Feminist readings in Middle English literature3726929UNINA