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Jill Mann - Life in Words - 9781442648654 - V9781442648654
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Life in Words

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Description for Life in Words This volume collects fifteen landmark essays published over the last three decades by the distinguished medievalist Jill Mann. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABC; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 30. Weight in Grams: 780.

This volume collects fifteen landmark essays published over the last three decades by the distinguished medievalist Jill Mann. Bringing together her essays on Chaucer, the Gawain-poet, and Malory, the collection foregrounds the common interest in the semantic implications of key vocabulary such as “authority,” “adventure,” and “price” that links them together.

Mann, one of the finest critics of Middle English literature in her generation, uses the concepts suggested by the language of medieval literature itself as a way into the masterpieces of Middle English, including The Canterbury Tales, Troilus and Criseyde, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, and the Morte ... Read more.

An extended introduction by Mark Rasmussen brings out the nature of the themes that run through the collection, analyses the critical methods in play, and assesses their significance in the context of Middle English studies over the last thirty years.

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Product Details

Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Toronto, Canada
ISBN
9781442648654
SKU
V9781442648654
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1

About Jill Mann
Jill Mann is Emeritus Professor of English at the University of Notre Dame and a Life Fellow of Girton College, Cambridge. Mark David Rasmussen is Charles J. Luellen Professor of English at Centre College.

Reviews for Life in Words
‘Life in Words is a well-rounded look into Jill Mann’s catalogue… It provides unique and novel arguments to century-old discussions.’
Caitlin Santavenere
Comitatus vol 47:2016
‘Each essay testifies to Mann’s incomparable close reading skills and enviable erudition, reflecting a careful attention to French and Latin sources over a lifetime of thinking about medieval English literature and language.’ ... Read more

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