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Feminist Readings in Middle English Literature: The Wife of Bath and All Her Sect

By Dr Ruth Evans , Ruth Evans , Leslie Johnson

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
1994
ISBN
041505818X, 9780415058186, 9780203976791
LCC
PR275.W6 F46 1994
Open Library ID
OL1434979M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1774306 bytes)
Edition
annotated edition
Pages
272\270
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-04-20 14:05:05

Description

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.

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