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Jankyn's Book of Wikked Wyves - Seven Commentaries on Walter Map's ""Dissuasio Valerii (Hardcover)
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Jankyn's Book of Wikked Wyves - Seven Commentaries on Walter Map's ""Dissuasio Valerii (Hardcover)
Series: Chaucer Library Series
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In volume 1 of "Jankyn's Book of Wikked Wyves" (Georgia, 1997),
Ralph Hanna and Traugott Lawler presented authoritative versions of
three medieval texts invoked by Jankyn (fifth husband of the Wife
of Bath) in "The Canterbury Tales." In "Jankyn's Book," volume 2,
Lawler and Hanna revisit one of those texts by way of presenting
all the known contemporary commentaries on it.
The text is Walter Map's "Dissuasio Valerii," that is, "The Letter
of Valerius to His Friend Ruffinus, Dissuading Him from Marrying."
Included in Jankyn's Book, volume 2, are seven commentaries on
"Dissuasio Valerii," edited from all known manuscripts and
presented in their Latin text with English translation on the
facing page. Each commentary opens with a headnote. Variants are
reported at the bottom of the translation pages, and full
explanatory notes appear after the texts, along with a bibliography
and index of sources.
In their introduction, Lawler and Hanna discuss what is known about
the authors of the commentaries. Four are unknown, although one of
these is almost certainly a Dominican. Of the three known authors,
two are Dominicans (Eneas of Siena and the brilliant Englishman
Nicholas Trivet), and one is Franciscan (John Ridewall). In
addition, the editors discuss the likely readerships of the
commentaries--the four humanist texts, which explicate Map's witty
and allusive Latin and which were for use in school, and the three
moralizing texts, which mount eloquent defenses of women and which
were for use mainly by the clergy.
While Lawler and Hanna's immediate aim is to give readers of
Chaucer the fullest possible background for understanding his
satire on antifeminism in "The Wife of Bath's Prologue," the
"Dissuasio Valerii" commentaries extend significantly our
understanding of medieval attitudes, in general, toward women and
marriage.
General
Imprint: |
University of Georgia Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Chaucer Library Series |
Release date: |
February 2014 |
First published: |
February 2014 |
Editors: |
Traugott Lawler
• Ralph Hanna
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Dimensions: |
235 x 156 x 40mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth over boards
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Pages: |
624 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8203-4610-6 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-8203-4610-1 |
Barcode: |
9780820346106 |
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