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The mythographic Chaucer : the fabulation of sexual politics
- Title
- The mythographic Chaucer : the fabulation of sexual politics / Jane Chance.
- Author
- Chance, Jane, 1945-
- Publication
- Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©1995.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | PR1933.S35 C43 1994 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xxix, 378 pages; 23 cm
- Subject
- Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400 > Knowledge and learning
- Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400
- Chaucer, Geoffrey 1343-1400
- Börngen, ..
- Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400 > Political and social views
- Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400 > Knowledge > Mythology
- Chaucer, Geoffrey
- Sex role in literature
- Civilization, Medieval > Classical influences
- Man-woman relationships in literature
- Sex > Political aspects > History. > England
- Mythology, Classical, in literature
- Sex (Psychology) in literature
- Civilization, Medieval > Classical influences
- Man-woman relationships in literature
- Mythology
- Mythology, Classical, in literature
- Sex > Political aspects
- Sex (Psychology) in literature
- Sex role in literature
- Antike
- Erotik Motiv
- Geschlechterverhältnis Motiv
- Geschlechterrolle Motiv
- Mythologie
- Sexualität
- Sexualpsychologie
- Frau
- Sex > Political aspects > History. > Great Britain
- Geschlechterbeziehung (Motiv)
- England
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- A chronology of major medieval mythographers. Introduction: "fables and swich wrecchednesse". Part 1. Mythography and female authority in the dream visions. "A wonder thing": the Descensus ad inferos of the female heroes Alcyone and Alceste -- "Geffrey" as Dido, Ganymede, "Marcia": mythographic and gender parody in the Hous of fame -- Venus contextualized: the mythographic authority of the body in The parlement of foules.
- Part 2. Mythographic cross-gendering in the Troilus. The narrator as mythographic glossator: the rape of Criseyde. Part 3. Subversive mythography: the speaker as feminized subject in the Canterbury tales. Zephirus, rape, and Saint Thomas á Becket: the political vernacular -- Feminizing Theseus in the Knight's tale: the victory of Pallas Athena over Mars -- Maister Alisoun's feminist self-mythography -- The Merchant's De nuptiis maii et januarii -- The Franklin's Derke fantasye: Squire Aurelius as Ekko, Lady Dorigen as Narcissus's image -- Conclusion: the artist Pygmalion, the subject Chaucer, and self-seduction.
- ISBN
- 0816622760
- 9780816622764
- 0816622779
- 9780816622771
- LCCN
- 94010265
- OCLC
- ocm30072371
- 30072371
- SCSB-14580171
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library