LEADER 03462oam 2200709I 450 001 9910457073803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-134-93181-6 010 $a9786610144884 010 $a1-280-14488-2 010 $a0-203-97679-7 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203976791 035 $a(CKB)1000000000361219 035 $a(EBL)235193 035 $a(OCoLC)560258257 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000154203 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11179317 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000154203 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10406467 035 $a(PQKB)11027172 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC235193 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL235193 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10095857 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL14488 035 $a(OCoLC)61284156 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000361219 100 $a20180331d1994 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aFeminist readings in Middle English literature $ethe Wife of Bath and all her sect /$fedited by Ruth Evans and Lesley Johnson 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d1994. 215 $a1 online resource (270 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-05819-8 311 $a0-415-05818-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aBook 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? 327 $a10 'Taking the gold out of Egypt' the art of reading as a woman; Further reading; Index 330 $aThis 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 gro 606 $aEnglish literature$yMiddle English, 1100-1500$xHistory and criticism 606 $aWomen and literature$zEngland$xHistory 606 $aFeminism and literature$zEngland$xHistory 606 $aSex role in literature 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aEnglish literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aWomen and literature$xHistory. 615 0$aFeminism and literature$xHistory. 615 0$aSex role in literature. 676 $a820.9001 676 $a820.93520420902 701 $aEvans$b Ruth$f1954-$0802573 701 $aJohnson$b Lesley$f1957-$0710643 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910457073803321 996 $aFeminist readings in Middle English literature$92441445 997 $aUNINA