| Wykked Wyves and the Woes of Marriage: Misogamous Literature from Juvenal to Chaucer Contributor(s): Wilson, Katharina M. (Editor), Makowski, Elizabeth M. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0791400638 ISBN-13: 9780791400630 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $33.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 1990 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Medieval - Social Science | Women's Studies |
| Dewey: 809.933 |
| LCCN: 88-29156 |
| Lexile Measure: 1450 |
| Series: Suny Medieval Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.47" H x 5.86" W x 9.04" (0.64 lbs) 206 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The distrust and hatred of matrimony is a recurring theme in Western literature. In this volume, Wilson and Makowski show that in their repeated imagery, continuous themes, and rhetorical devices, misogamous texts closely parallel and reflect economic and demographic shifts, and theological and legal innovation. Analysis of the literature demonstrates a link between the growing secularism and careerism of the late middle ages and the reduction of women's social status and public options. |