| Chaucer's Legendary Good Women Contributor(s): Percival, Florence (Author), Florence, Percival (Author), Minnis, Alastair (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521416558 ISBN-13: 9780521416559 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $130.15 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 1998 Annotation: Chaucer's Legend of Good Women is a testament to the disparate views of women prevalent in the Middle Ages. Dr. Percival contends that the complex medieval notion of Woman informs the structure of the poem: in the Prologue Chaucer praises conventional ideas of female virtue, while in the Legends he demonstrates a humorous skepticism, apparently influenced by a contemporary antifeminist tradition. This is a comprehensive account of the Legend's interpretative puzzles, which does not ignore the element of political writing and adds to a close and nuanced reading of the text an examination of literary, historical and social contexts. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Medieval - Poetry | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 821.1 |
| LCCN: 97040828 |
| Series: Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature |
| Physical Information: 0.94" H x 6" W x 9" (1.52 lbs) 356 pages |