Title Chaucer's feminine subjects : figures of desire in the " Canterbury tales" / John A. Pitcher

Published New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012

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Description 1 online resource Series New Middle Ages New Middle Ages Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Chaucer's Feminine Subjects: Feminism, Deconstruction, Psychoanalysis; 1. Figures of Desire in The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale; 2. The Rhetoric of Desire in The Franklin's Tale; 3. The Martyr's Purpose: The Rhetoric of Disavowal in The Clerk's Tale; 4. Chaucer's Wolf: Exemplary Violence in The Physician's Tale; Afterword: A Question of Politics; Notes; Works Cited; Index Summary This book demonstrates how poststructuralist and psychoanalytic theory can serve to clarify structures of identity and economies of desire in medieval texts Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Print version record In EBL Subject Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400 -- Characters -- Women Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400. Canterbury tales. Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400 -- Language SUBJECT Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400 fast Chaucer, Geoffrey 1343-1400 gnd Chaucer, Geoffrey, 1343?-1400. Canterbury tales. idszbzes Chaucer, Geoffrey, 1343?-1400 -- Characters -- Women. idszbzes Canterbury tales (Chaucer, Geoffrey) fast Subject Women in literature. Desire in literature. Gender identity in literature. Sex role in literature. Feminism and literature -- England Psychoanalysis and literature -- England Women and literature -- England -- History -- To 1500 Literary studies: classical, early & medieval. Literary theory. Feminism & feminist theory. Gender studies: women. LITERARY CRITICISM -- Medieval. POETRY -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. Literature. Desire in literature Feminism and literature Gender identity in literature Language and languages Psychoanalysis and literature Sex role in literature Women and literature Women in literature Frau Motiv Geschlechterrolle Motiv Women in literature -- Middle English literature. Literary studies: ancient, classical & medieval. Literary theory. Feminism & feminist theory. Gender studies: women & girls. England Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 1403973229 9781403973221 9781137089724 1137089725

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