04213nam 22008772 450 991078846960332120151005020622.00-511-86175-31-107-22087-41-283-00611-197866130061100-511-86018-80-511-85931-70-511-86105-20-511-85844-20-511-85757-80-511-77729-9(CKB)3190000000006446(EBL)615785(OCoLC)703137562(SSID)ssj0000461204(PQKBManifestationID)11311571(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000461204(PQKBWorkID)10484119(PQKB)11619409(UkCbUP)CR9780511777295(MiAaPQ)EBC615785(Au-PeEL)EBL615785(CaPaEBR)ebr10449414(CaONFJC)MIL300611(EXLCZ)99319000000000644620100518d2011|||| uy| 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierLiving death in medieval French and English literature /Jane Gilbert[electronic resource]Cambridge :Cambridge University Press,2011.1 online resource (viii, 283 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Cambridge studies in medieval literature ;84Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).1-107-44925-1 1-107-00383-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: living death -- 1. Roland and the second death -- 2. The knight as thing: courtly love in the non-cyclic prose Lancelot -- 3. The Ubi Sunt topos in Middle French: sad stories of the death of kings -- 4. Ceci n'est pas une marguerite: anamorphosis in Pearl -- 5. Becoming woman in Chaucer: on ne naît pas femme, on le devient en mourant -- Conclusion: living dead or dead-in-life?Medieval literature contains many figures caught at the interface between life and death - the dead return to place demands on the living, while the living foresee, organize or desire their own deaths. Jane Gilbert's original study examines the ways in which certain medieval literary texts, both English and French, use these 'living dead' to think about existential, ethical and political issues. In doing so, she shows powerful connections between works otherwise seen as quite disparate, including Chaucer's Book of the Duchess and Legend of Good Women, the Chanson de Roland and the poems of Francois Villon. Written for researchers and advanced students of medieval French and English literature, this book provides original, provocative interpretations of canonical medieval texts in the light of influential modern theories, especially Lacanian psychoanalysis, presented in an accessible and lively way.Cambridge studies in medieval literature ;84.Living Death in Medieval French & English LiteratureEnglish literatureMiddle English, 1100-1500History and criticismFrench literatureTo 1500History and criticismDeath in literatureDead in literatureDeathPolitical aspectsDeathMoral and ethical aspectsExistentialism in literatureEthics in literatureEnglish literatureHistory and criticism.French literatureHistory and criticism.Death in literature.Dead in literature.DeathPolitical aspects.DeathMoral and ethical aspects.Existentialism in literature.Ethics in literature.820.9/3548LIT004120bisacsh18.05bcl18.25bclGilbert Jane1964-1176020UkCbUPUkCbUPBOOK9910788469603321Living death in medieval French and English literature3749711UNINA