| Jankyn's Book of Wikked Wyves: The Primary Texts Contributor(s): Hanna, Ralph (Editor), Lawler, Traugott (Editor), Young, Karl (Compiled by) |
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ISBN: 0820319201 ISBN-13: 9780820319209 Publisher: University of Georgia Press OUR PRICE: $119.74 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 1997 Annotation: The three medieval texts that make up Jankyn's Book of Wikked Wyves have formed a vital part of Chaucerian research for more than half a century. Integrated here for the first time, these texts now form a cornerstone volume of the Chaucer Library. Near the end of her prologue, Chaucer's Wife of Bath tells how her fifth husband, Jankyn, a clerk of Oxford, taunted her by reading from a collection of antifeminist tracts. The contents of Jankyn's book include three texts that enjoyed wide distribution in the later Middle Ages: Walter Map's "Dissuasio Valerii", Theophrastus' "De Nuptiis", and Jerome's Adversus Jovinianum. The first two are reproduced in their entirety in this volume, with selections from the third. The editors examine Jankyn's book from many angles, including the extensive manuscript sources from which it may be reconstructed, background information for its literary appreciation, and Chaucer's use of the materials. The publication of this volume, the fourth in the Chaucer Library, represents a major event for medievalists. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Medieval |
| Dewey: 877.03 |
| LCCN: 96029711 |
| Series: Chaucer Library |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.43" W x 9.58" (1.52 lbs) 296 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The three medieval texts that make up Jankyn's Book of Wikked Wyves have formed a vital part of Chaucerian research for more than half a century. Integrated here for the first time, these texts now form a cornerstone volume of the Chaucer Library series. Near the end of her prologue, Chaucer's Wife of Bath tells how her fifth husband, Jankyn, a clerk of Oxford, taunted her by reading from a collection of antifeminist tracts. The contents of Jankyn's book include three texts that enjoyed wide distribution in the later Middle Ages: Walter Map's "Dissuasio Valerii," Theophrastus's "De Nuptiis," and Jerome's "Adversus Jovinianum." The first two are reproduced in their entirety in this volume, with selections from the third. The editors examine Jankyn's book from many angles, including the extensive manuscript sources from which it may be reconstructed, background information for its literary appreciation, and Chaucer's use of the materials. The publication of this volume, the fourth in the Chaucer Library, represents a major event for medievalists. |
Contributor Bio(s): Pratt, Robert A.: - ROBERT A. PRATT is an associate professor of history at the University of Georgia. He is the author of The Color of Their Skin: Education and Race in Richmond, Virginia, 1954-1989.Hanna, Ralph: - RALPH HANNA III is a professor of English at the University of California, Riverside, and lecturer in paleography at Oxford University. He is the author of several books, including Pursuing History: Middle English Manuscripts and Their Texts.Lawler, Traugott: - TRAUGOTT LAWLER is a professor of English at Yale University and the author of One and the Many in the Canterbury Tales. |
