| Description |
1 online resource (410 pages) |
| Contents |
Abbreviations; A Chronology of Major Medieval Mythographers; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: "Fables and Swich Wrecchednesse"; Part 1. Mythography and Female Authority in the Dream Visions; Part 2. Mythographic Cross-Gendering in the Troilus; Part 3. Subversive Mythography: The Speaker as Feminized Subject in the Canterbury Tales; Notes; Index |
| Summary |
Jane Chance reveals how the concealment of embarrassing secrets often sexual in nature and the burden of political alliances and strategieswhat might together be termed sexual politicsmotivated Chaucer in much of his work. Firmly placing Chaucer in the cultural politics of his time, she shows how he manipulated the mythographic and textual conventions of the period for his own literary, social, and political purposes |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400 -- Knowledge -- Mythology
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| SUBJECT |
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400 fast |
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Sex role in literature.
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Civilization, Medieval -- Classical influences.
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Man-woman relationships in literature.
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Sex -- Political aspects -- England -- History
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Mythology, Classical, in literature.
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Sex (Psychology) in literature.
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Civilization, Medieval -- Classical influences
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Man-woman relationships in literature
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Mythology
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Mythology, Classical, in literature
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Sex -- Political aspects
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Sex (Psychology) in literature
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Sex role in literature
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England
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
94010265 |
| ISBN |
9780816685196 |
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0816685193 |
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0816622760 |
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9780816622764 |
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0816622779 |
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9780816622771 |
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