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Feminizing Chaucer (Paperback, New)
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Feminizing Chaucer (Paperback, New)
Series: Chaucer Studies
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An investigation of Chaucer's thinking about women, assessed in the
light of developments in feminist criticism. Women are a major
subject of Chaucer's writings, and their place in his work has
attracted much recent critical attention. Feminizing Chaucer
investigates Chaucer's thinking about women, and re-assesses it in
the light of developments in feminist criticism. It explores
Chaucer's handling of gender issues, of power roles, of misogynist
stereotypes and the writer's responsibility for perpetuating them,
and the complex meshing of activity and passivityin human
experience. Mann argues that the traditionally 'female' virtues of
patience and pity are central to Chaucer's moral ethos, and that
this necessitates a reformulation of ideal masculinity. First
published [as Geoffrey Chaucer] in the series 'Feminist Readings',
this new edition includes a new chapter, 'Wife-Swapping in Medieval
Literature'. The references and bibliography have been updated, and
a new preface surveys publications in the field over the last
decade. JILL MANN is currently Notre Dame Professor of English,
University of Notre Dame.
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