LEADER 04124nam 22008412 450 001 9910464243903321 005 20151005020622.0 010 $a0-511-86175-3 010 $a1-107-22087-4 010 $a1-283-00611-1 010 $a9786613006110 010 $a0-511-86018-8 010 $a0-511-85931-7 010 $a0-511-86105-2 010 $a0-511-85844-2 010 $a0-511-85757-8 010 $a0-511-77729-9 035 $a(CKB)3190000000006446 035 $a(EBL)615785 035 $a(OCoLC)703137562 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000461204 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11311571 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000461204 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10484119 035 $a(PQKB)11619409 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9780511777295 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC615785 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL615785 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10449414 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL300611 035 $a(EXLCZ)993190000000006446 100 $a20100518d2011|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aLiving death in medieval French and English literature /$fJane Gilbert$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2011. 215 $a1 online resource (viii, 283 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aCambridge studies in medieval literature ;$v84 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 $a1-107-44925-1 311 $a1-107-00383-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction: 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 nai?t pas femme, on le devient en mourant -- Conclusion: living dead or dead-in-life? 330 $aMedieval literature contains many figures caught at the interface between life and death - the dead return to place demands on the living, while the living foresee, organize or desire their own deaths. Jane Gilbert's original study examines the ways in which certain medieval literary texts, both English and French, use these 'living dead' to think about existential, ethical and political issues. In doing so, she shows powerful connections between works otherwise seen as quite disparate, including Chaucer's Book of the Duchess and Legend of Good Women, the Chanson de Roland and the poems of Francois Villon. Written for researchers and advanced students of medieval French and English literature, this book provides original, provocative interpretations of canonical medieval texts in the light of influential modern theories, especially Lacanian psychoanalysis, presented in an accessible and lively way. 410 0$aCambridge studies in medieval literature ;$v84. 517 3 $aLiving Death in Medieval French & English Literature 606 $aEnglish literature$yMiddle English, 1100-1500$xHistory and criticism 606 $aFrench literature$yTo 1500$xHistory and criticism 606 $aDeath in literature 606 $aDead in literature 606 $aDeath$xPolitical aspects 606 $aDeath$xMoral and ethical aspects 606 $aExistentialism in literature 606 $aEthics in literature 615 0$aEnglish literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aFrench literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aDeath in literature. 615 0$aDead in literature. 615 0$aDeath$xPolitical aspects. 615 0$aDeath$xMoral and ethical aspects. 615 0$aExistentialism in literature. 615 0$aEthics in literature. 676 $a820.9/3548 700 $aGilbert$b Jane$f1964-$01031174 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910464243903321 996 $aLiving death in medieval French and English literature$92448413 997 $aUNINA