| Description |
1 online resource (242 pages) |
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Princeton Legacy Library |
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Princeton legacy library.
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| Contents |
Acknowledgments ; Introduction ; CHAPTER I: Masculinity in Romance; CHAPTER II: Feminine Mimicry and Masquerade; CHAPTER III: Gender and Social Hierarchy; CHAPTER IV: Subtle Clerks and Uncammy Women ; CHAPTER V: Adventure ; Bibliography ; Primary Sources; Secondary Sources; Index |
| Summary |
In this fresh look at Chaucer's relation to English and French romances of the late Middle Ages, Crane shows that Chaucer's depictions of masculinity and femininity constitute an extensive and sympathetic response to the genre. For Chaucer, she proposes, gender is the defining concern of romance. As the foundational narratives of courtship, romances participate in the late medieval elaboration of new meanings around heterosexual identity. Crane draws on feminist and genre theory to argue that Chaucer's profound interest in the cultural construction of masculinity and femininity arises in la |
| Notes |
Cover |
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English |
| Subject |
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400. Canterbury tales.
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| SUBJECT |
Canterbury tales (Chaucer, Geoffrey) fast |
| Subject |
Romances, English -- History and criticism
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Tales, Medieval -- History and criticism
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Man-woman relationships in literature.
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Sex (Psychology) in literature.
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Sex role in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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POETRY -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Man-woman relationships in literature
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Romances, English
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Sex (Psychology) in literature
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Sex role in literature
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Tales, Medieval
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781400863754 |
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1400863759 |
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