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Reading women in late medieval Europe : Anne of Bohemia and Chaucer's female audience
Title
Reading women in late medieval Europe : Anne of Bohemia and Chaucer's female audience / Alfred Thomas.
ISBN
9781137544193
1137544198
Edition
First edition.
Publication
New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
Copyright Notice Date
©2015
Physical Description
xvi, 251 pages ; 23 cm.
Summary
"Critics have traditionally emphasized Geoffrey Chaucer's status as the "Father of English Literature" but in his own time he was more interested in becoming a great European writer. This book shows how Chaucer looked for inspiration not only to the great European male writers of his time (Boccaccio, Petrarch, Dante) but also to a European woman--Queen Anne of Bohemia, wife of Richard II-- as his ideal patron and inspiration" -- Provided by publisher.
Variant and related titles
Anne of Bohemia and Chaucer's female audience
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
December 08, 2015
Series
The New Middle Ages
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-235) and index.
Contents
Introduction
Devotional Texts for Royal Princesses in Late Medieval Bohemia
Writing Jews, Writing Women: "The Prioress's Tale" and the Sacred Drama of Medieval Europe
The Lady as Saint: "The Second Nun's Tale," Pearl, and the Czech Life of Saint Catherine of Alexandria
Dangerous Amazons: Sexual and Textual Rivalry in "The Knight's Tale" and The Dalimil Chronicle
Powerful Wives and Captive Knights: "The Wife of Bath's Tale," Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, and the Czech Chivalric Romances
Women Defended, Women Defamed: The Legend of Good Women, The Plowman from Bohemia, and The Little Weaver
Conclusion.
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