| Description |
ix, 301 pages ; 24 cm |
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Women language |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The Wife of Bath and the mark of Adam -- The Death of the Duchess -- "We wrechched wymmen konne noon arte" : Dido and Geffrey in the House of Fame -- Female indecision and indifference in the Parliament of fowls -- Troilus and Criseyde : "Beth war of men, and herkneth what I seye!" -- The powers of silence : the case of the Clerk's Griselda -- "Women-as-the-same" in the A-Fragment -- The Merchant's Tale, or another poor worm -- Making ernest of game : The Franklin's Tale and some partial conclusions. |
| Subject |
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400 -- Characters -- Women.
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Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400. |
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Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400 -- Political and social views.
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Political and social views. |
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Feminism and literature -- England.
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Feminism and literature. |
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England. |
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Gender identity in literature.
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Gender identity in literature. |
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Sex role in literature.
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Sex role in literature. |
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Women in literature.
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Women in literature. |
| Indexed Term |
English poetry |
| ISBN |
0520071336 cloth |
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0520074998 paper |
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