Title Chaucer's legendary good women / Florence Percival

Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 338 pages) Series Cambridge studies in medieval literature ; 38 Cambridge studies in medieval literature ; 38. Contents pt. 1. Chaucer's good woman -- pt. 2. God of love -- pt. 3. Palinode -- pt. 4. Legends of good women -- pt. 5. Legend as courtly game Summary Chaucer's Legend of Good Women is a testament to the disparate views of women prevalent in the Middle Ages. Dr Percival contends that the complex medieval notion of Woman informs the structure of the poem: in the Prologue Chaucer praises conventional ideas of female virtue, while in the Legends he demonstrates a humorous scepticism, apparently influenced by a contemporary antifeminist tradition. The debate Chaucer thus promotes could be relied on to entertain many medieval readers, at the same time that it demonstrates the power of the vernacular translator/poet to handle language wittily and to do just as he pleases with the august texts of the past. This is a comprehensive account of the Legend's interpretative puzzles, which does not ignore the element of political writing, and adds to a close and nuanced reading of the text an examination of literary, historical, and social contexts Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400. Legend of good women. Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400 -- Political and social views SUBJECT Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400 fast Chaucer, Geoffrey (1340?-1400). Legend of good women. ram Chaucer, Geoffrey, (1340?-1400) -- Pensée politique et sociale. ram Legend of good women (Chaucer, Geoffrey) fast Subject Civilization, Medieval -- Classical influences. Women -- History -- Middle Ages, 500-1500. Mythology, Classical, in literature. Social history -- Medieval, 500-1500. Women in literature. Women -- Mythology. POETRY -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. Civilization, Medieval -- Classical influences Mythology, Classical, in literature Political and social views Social history -- Medieval Women in literature Women -- Middle Ages Women -- Mythology The legende of good women (Chaucer) Vrouwen. Middeleeuwen. Sociale geschiedenis. Femmes -- Dans la littérature. Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 0511004001 9780511004001 0511582919 9780511582912

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