Cathy Hume

Chaucer and the Cultures of Love and Marriage

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Substantial new readings of Chaucer's poems, offering a fresh perspective on some of the major controversies in Chaucer scholarship.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Boydell & Brewer
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. August 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 159mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 554g
• ISBN-13: 9781843843214
• ISBN-10: 1843843218
• Artikelnr.: 34787031

Autorenporträt

CATHY HUME is a Senior Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Bristol.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Marriage and love in late medieval England 'The name of
soveraynetee': The Franklin's Tale 'Humble servant to youre worthynesse':
the Clerk's Tale Domestic opportunities: The social comedy of the
Shipman's Tale Love in confinement in the Merchant's Tale The Man of Law's
Tale: The medieval marriage market and human suffering The Knight's Tale
and Emily's marriage: Chain of love or prison fetters? 'Nyce fare': The
courtly culture of love in Troilus and Criseyde Beyond the bounds of good
behaviour: Imprudent fidelity in the Legend of Good Women Conclusion
Bibliography