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Title Class and gender in early English literature : intersections / edited by Britton J. Harwood and Gillian R. Overing.

Imprint Bloomington, [Ind.] : Indiana University Press, c1994.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  820.9355 C568 1994    ---  Available
Description xiii, 156 p. ; 22 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Gender, sexual violence, and the politics of war in the Old English Judith / Karma Lochrie -- Wonfeax wale : Ideology and figuration in the sexual riddles of the Exeter Book / John W. Tanke -- Exile and the semiosis of gender in Old English elegies / Helen T. Bennett -- Class, gender, medieval criticism, and Piers Plowman / David Aers -- Construction of class, family, and gender in some Middle English popular romances / Harriet E. Hudson -- Building class and gender into Chaucer's Hous / Britton J. Harwood -- Gender and exchange in Piers Plowman / Clare A. Lees -- Pardoner's Tale, the pervert, and the price of order in Chaucer's world / Allen J. Frantzen
Subject English literature -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- History and criticism.
English literature -- Old English, approximately 450-1100 -- History and criticism.
Civilization, Anglo-Saxon, in literature.
Literature and society -- England -- History.
Civilization, Medieval, in literature.
Social history -- Medieval, 500-1500.
Social classes in literature.
Sex role in literature.
Added Author Harwood, Britton J.
Overing, Gillian R., 1952-
ISBN 0253327342 (alk. paper)
0253208580 (pbk. : alk. paper)

 
    
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