Reading Women in Late Medieval Europe

Anne of Bohemia and Chaucer's Female Audience
2015. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-137-54419-3
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan Us

Buch, Englisch, 251 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 4434 g

Reihe: The New Middle Ages

Although Chaucer is typically labeled as the "Father of English Literature," evidence shows that his work appealed to Europe and specifically European women. Rereading the Canterbury Tales, Thomas argues that Chaucer imagined Anne of Bohemia, wife of famed Richard II, as an ideal reader, an aspect that came to greatly affect his writing.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Thomas, Alfred

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literatursoziologie, Gender Studies
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Strömungen & Epochen
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur

Über Autor(innen)

Alfred Thomas is Professor of English at the University of Illinois at Chicago, USA. He has published eight books, including, Anne's Bohemia: Czech Literature and Society (1310-1420); A Blessed Shore: England and Bohemia from Chaucer to Shakespeare; Prague Palimpsest: Writing, Memory, and the City; and Shakespeare, Dissent, and the Cold War.