Medieval literature contains many figures caught at the interface
between life and death - the dead return to place demands on the
living, while the living foresee, organize or desire their own
deaths. Jane Gilbert's original study examines the ways in which
certain medieval literary texts, both English and French, use these
'living dead' to think about existential, ethical and political
issues. In doing so, she shows powerful connections between works
otherwise seen as quite disparate, including Chaucer's Book of the
Duchess and Legend of Good Women, the Chanson de Roland and the
poems of Francois Villon. Written for researchers and advanced
students of medieval French and English literature, this book
provides original, provocative interpretations of canonical
medieval texts in the light of influential modern theories,
especially Lacanian psychoanalysis, presented in an accessible and
lively way.
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