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1 online resource (242 pages). |
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text file |
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Princeton Legacy Library
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Princeton legacy library.
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Cover. |
| Summary |
In this fresh look at Chaucer's relation to English and French romances of the late Middle Ages, Crane shows that Chaucer's depictions of masculinity and femininity constitute an extensive and sympathetic response to the genre. For Chaucer, she proposes, gender is the defining concern of romance. As the foundational narratives of courtship, romances participate in the late medieval elaboration of new meanings around heterosexual identity. Crane draws on feminist and genre theory to argue that Chaucer's profound interest in the cultural construction of masculinity and femininity arises in la. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400. Canterbury tales.
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Canterbury tales (Chaucer, Geoffrey) |
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Romances, English -- History and criticism.
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Romances, English. |
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Tales, Medieval -- History and criticism.
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Tales, Medieval. |
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Man-woman relationships in literature.
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Man-woman relationships in literature. |
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Sex (Psychology) in literature.
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Sex (Psychology) in literature. |
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Sex role in literature.
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Sex role in literature. |
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Print version: Crane, Susan. Gender and Romance in Chaucer's ""Canterbury Tales"". Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2014 |
| ISBN |
9781400863754 electronic book |
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1400863759 electronic book |
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