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Reading Women in Late Medieval Europe: Anne of Bohemia and Chaucer's Female Audience (The New Middle Ages)
Alfred Thomas
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Description for Reading Women in Late Medieval Europe: Anne of Bohemia and Chaucer's Female Audience (The New Middle Ages)
Hardcover. Although Chaucer is typically labeled as the "Father of English Literature," evidence shows that his work appealed to Europe and specifically European women. Rereading the Canterbury Tales, Thomas argues that Chaucer imagined Anne of Bohemia, wife of famed Richard II, as an ideal reader, an aspect that came to greatly affect his writing. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 2AB; 3H; DSBB; DSC; HBJD; HBLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 474.
Although Chaucer is typically labeled as the "Father of English Literature," evidence shows that his work appealed to Europe and specifically European women. Rereading the Canterbury Tales , Thomas argues that Chaucer imagined Anne of Bohemia, wife of famed Richard II, as an ideal reader, an aspect that came to greatly affect his writing.
Although Chaucer is typically labeled as the "Father of English Literature," evidence shows that his work appealed to Europe and specifically European women. Rereading the Canterbury Tales , Thomas argues that Chaucer imagined Anne of Bohemia, wife of famed Richard II, as an ideal reader, an aspect that came to greatly affect his writing.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Series
The New Middle Ages
Number of Pages
251
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137544193
SKU
V9781137544193
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Alfred Thomas
Alfred Thomas is Professor of English at the University of Illinois at Chicago, USA. He has published eight books, including, Anne's Bohemia: Czech Literature and Society (1310-1420); A Blessed Shore: England and Bohemia from Chaucer to Shakespeare; Prague Palimpsest: Writing, Memory, and the City; and Shakespeare, Dissent, and the Cold War.
Reviews for Reading Women in Late Medieval Europe: Anne of Bohemia and Chaucer's Female Audience (The New Middle Ages)
“Reading Women is a rich and compelling addition to the author’s earlier work on the pan-European culture of Bohemia, especially as popularized in England by Richard II’s Queen Anne.” (Linda Burke, Mediaevistik, Vol. 31 (1), 2018) "Alfred Thomas makes some important advances in our understanding of the affiliations between Bohemia and Britain in the later middle ages - a ... Read more