Feminist Readings in Middle English Literature The Wife of Bath and All Her Sect
Synopsis
This volume, designed with the student reader in mind, is an indispensable blend of key essays in the field with specially commissioned new material by feminist scholars from the UK and the US. It includes a diversity of texts and feminist approaches, a substantial and very illuminating introduction by the editors, and an annotated list of Further Reading, offering preliminary guidance to the reader approaching the topic of gender and medieval literature for the first time. Works and writers covered include: * Chaucer * Margery Kempe * Christine de Pisan * The Katherine group of Saints' Lives * Langland's Piers Plowman * Medieval cycle drama Students of both medieval and feminist literature will find this an essential work for study and reference.Book details
- Author:
- Ruth Evans, Lesley Johnson
- ISBN:
- 9781134931804
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780203976791, 9780415058186, 9780415058186, 9780415058193, 9780415058193
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Pages:
- N/A
- Reading age:
- Not specified
- Includes images:
- No
- Date of addition:
- 2020-07-10
- Usage restrictions:
- Copyright
- Copyright date:
- 1994
- Copyright by:
- Ruth Evans and Lesley Johnson
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Categories:
- Language Arts, Literature and Fiction