| Chaucer's Women: Nuns, Wives and Amazons 1996 Edition Contributor(s): Martin, P. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0333641426 ISBN-13: 9780333641422 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $56.99 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 1996 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Literary Criticism | Poetry - Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical |
| Dewey: 821.1 |
| LCCN: 95236726 |
| Physical Information: 0.57" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.70 lbs) 254 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this challenging study Priscilla Martin investigates the subjects of women, sex and gender in Chaucer's poetry. She argues convincingly that these are Chaucer's major subjects and that he presents them as an area of human experience fraught with problems. Women, instead of producing texts and meanings themselves, are trapped in the books and meanings of others, and so the Madonna and the courtly heroine, the nun and the wife, are familiar but questionable images of constructed femininity. '...an intelligent, sensitive, fresh and close reading which focuses upon Chaucer's women ... unconventional and subtle' - John J.McGavin, Times Higher Education Supplement |
