| Description |
xiv, 206 p. |
| Series |
The new middle ages |
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New Middle Ages.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : medieval authoritative discourse and the disabled female body -- (Dis)pleasure and (dis)ability : the topos of reproduction in Dame Sirith and the "Merchant's tale" -- Physical education : excessive wives and bodily punishment in the Book of the knight and The wife of Bath's prologue -- Refiguring disability : deviance, punishment, and the supernatural in Bisclavret, Sir Launfal, and the Testament of Cresseid -- Embodied transcendence : disability and the procreative body in The book of Margery Kempe. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Literature, Medieval -- History and criticism.
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Women in literature.
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People with disabilities in literature.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9780230105119 (alk. paper) |
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9780230117563 (e-book) |
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