Class and Gender in Early English Literature: Intersections

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"[The essays] focus on class and gender not only sheds new light on old texts but also stretches the boundaries of the critical modus operandi which is often applied to such literature." Women's Studies Network (UK) Association Newsletter These dramatic new readings of Old and Middle English texts explore the rich theoretical territory at the intersection of class and gender, and highlight the interplay of the critic, methodology, and the medieval text. About the Author BRITTON J. HARWOOD teaches at Miami University and is author of Piers Plowman and the Problem of Belief. GILLIAN R. OVERING is Professor of English at Wake Forest University and is author of Language, Sign, and Gender in beowulf and co-author of Landscape of Desire: Partial Stories of the Northern Medieval World. Content: Gender, sexual violence, and the politics of war in the Old English Judith / Karma Lochrie -- Wonfeax wale : Ideology and figuration in the sexual riddles of the Exeter Book / John W. Tanke -- Exile and the semiosis of gender in Old English elegies / Helen T. Bennett -- Class, gender, medieval criticism, and Piers Plowman / David Aers -- Construction of class, family, and gender in some Middle English popular romances / Harriet E. Hudson -- Building class and gender into Chaucer's Hous / Britton J. Harwood -- Gender and exchange in Piers Plowman / Clare A. Lees -- The Pardoner's Tale, the pervert, and the price of order in Chaucer's world / Allen J. Frantzen.