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Rethinking Chaucer's Legend of Good Women
Carolyn P Collette
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Description for Rethinking Chaucer's Legend of Good Women
Hardcover. A fresh reading of the Legend shows it to be one of Chaucer's most carefully crafted and significant works. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 504.
A fresh reading of the Legend shows it to be one of Chaucer's most carefully crafted and significant works. Professor Collette's approach to this challenging and provocative poem reflects her wide scholarly interests, her expertise in the area of representations of women in late medieval European society, and her conviction that the Legend of Good Women can be better understood when positioned within several of the era's intellectual concerns and historical contexts. The book will enrich the ongoing conversation among Chaucerians as to the significance of the Legend, both as an individual cultural production and an important constituent of ... Read more
A fresh reading of the Legend shows it to be one of Chaucer's most carefully crafted and significant works. Professor Collette's approach to this challenging and provocative poem reflects her wide scholarly interests, her expertise in the area of representations of women in late medieval European society, and her conviction that the Legend of Good Women can be better understood when positioned within several of the era's intellectual concerns and historical contexts. The book will enrich the ongoing conversation among Chaucerians as to the significance of the Legend, both as an individual cultural production and an important constituent of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
York Medieval Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
184
Place of Publication
York, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781903153499
SKU
V9781903153499
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Ref
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About Carolyn P Collette
CAROLYN COLLETTE is an American literary critic whose work has focused on late Medieval Anglo-French literary culture. She is Professor Emerita of English literature at Mount Holyoke College.
Reviews for Rethinking Chaucer's Legend of Good Women
The readings here, which emphasize Chaucer's ethical seriousness and his sympathy for women's experience, are sensitive and frequently incisive.
MEDIUM AEVUM
Rather than celebrating the Legend as a fragmented collection . . . Collette resituates the tales in multiple contexts. . . . Seen from this perspective, the Legend is less isolated and more central to understanding Chaucer's ... Read more
MEDIUM AEVUM
Rather than celebrating the Legend as a fragmented collection . . . Collette resituates the tales in multiple contexts. . . . Seen from this perspective, the Legend is less isolated and more central to understanding Chaucer's ... Read more