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The Middle Ages at Work: Practicing Labor in Late Medieval England (The New Middle Ages)
K. Robertson (Ed.)
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This timely volume examines the commitments of historicism in the wake of New Historicism. It contributes to the construction of a materialist historicism while, at the same time, proposing that discussions of work need not be limited to the clash between labour and capital. To this end, the essays offer more than a strictly historical view of the complex terms, social and literary, within which labour was treated in the medieval period. Several of the essays strive to reformulate the very critical language we use to think about the categories of labour and work through a continually doubled engagement with ... Read more
This timely volume examines the commitments of historicism in the wake of New Historicism. It contributes to the construction of a materialist historicism while, at the same time, proposing that discussions of work need not be limited to the clash between labour and capital. To this end, the essays offer more than a strictly historical view of the complex terms, social and literary, within which labour was treated in the medieval period. Several of the essays strive to reformulate the very critical language we use to think about the categories of labour and work through a continually doubled engagement with ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
273
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Series
The New Middle Ages
Condition
New
Number of Pages
267
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9781403960078
SKU
V9781403960078
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About K. Robertson (Ed.)
KELLIE ROBERTSON is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Pittsburgh, USA. MICHAEL UEBEL is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Kentucky, USA.
Reviews for The Middle Ages at Work: Practicing Labor in Late Medieval England (The New Middle Ages)
"This collection of essays examines a favorite topic of medievalists, breathing new life into its analysis. Robertson and Uebel have achieved something remarkable here. The essays are wide-ranging, innovative, and provocative. Medieval labor is granted a complexity and an expansiveness that readers will likely find inspiring. Consistently engaging, lucidly composed, and full of insight, the work gathered in this important ... Read more