First published in 1988, David Aers explores the treatment of community, gender, and individual identity in English writing between 1360 and 1430, focusing on Margery Kempe, Langland, Chaucer, and the poet of Sir Gawain. He shows how these texts deal with questions about gender, the making of individual identity, and competing versions of community in ways which still speak powerfully in contemporary analysis of gender formation, sexuality, and love. Making wide use of recent research on the English economy and communities, and informed by current debates in the theory of culture and gender, the book will be of interest to those concerned with medieval studies, Renaissance studies, and women’s studies.
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First published in 1988, David Aers explores the treatment of community, gender, and individual identity in English writing between 1360 and 1430.
Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Piers Plowman: Poverty, Work, and Community 2. The Making of Margery Kempe: Individual and Community 3. Masculine Identity in the Courtly Community: The Self-loving in Troilus and Criseyde 4. ‘In Arthurus Day’: Community, Virtue and Individual Identity in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight; Notes; Index
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781138306721
Publisert
2019-06-10
Utgiver
Vendor
Routledge
Vekt
272 gr
Høyde
216 mm
Bredde
138 mm
Aldersnivå
G, U, 01, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
216

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