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Gender and Romance in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Gender and Romance in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Susan Crane
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| Series | Princeton Legacy Library |
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:242 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152 |
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| Category/Genre | Literary studies - classical, early and medieval
Literary studies - poetry and poets |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780691606149
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| Classifications | Dewey:821.1 |
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| Audience | | Tertiary Education (US: College) | | Professional & Vocational | |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Princeton University Press
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| Imprint |
Princeton University Press
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| Publication Date |
14 July 2014 |
| Publication Country |
United States
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Description
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, romance
Reviews"Susan Crane is a meticulous scholar and a daring thinker-always a rare combination. This work is marked throughout by extraordinary expository clarity and a bold readiness to map uncharted areas. Its characteristic virtue is that, having situated itself by this kind of mapping, it then produces a plethora of remarkable insights about texts and their gender-based strategies."-Paul Strohm, Indiana University
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