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.
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English literature -- Old English, approximately 450-1100 -- History and criticism.
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Civilization, Anglo-Saxon, in literature.
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Literature and society -- England -- History.
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Civilization, Medieval, in literature.
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Social history -- Medieval, 500-1500.
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Social classes in literature.
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Sex role in literature.
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Added Author |
Harwood, Britton J.
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Overing, Gillian R., 1952-
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ISBN |
0253327342 (alk. paper) |
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0253208580 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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