The Genre of Medieval Patience Literature

Development, Duplication, and Gender
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-349-35178-7
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US

Buch, Englisch, 230 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 322 g

Reihe: The New Middle Ages

This book examines evolution of medieval patience literature from a focus on male and female sufferers to a focus on female suffers in particular. Using feminist revisions of genre-theory, Waugh analyses the concept of counterfeit consciousness in the works of Margery Kempe and Chaucer among others.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Waugh, R.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Feministische Philosophie, Gender Studies
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Strömungen & Epochen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of Contents List of Illustrations Preface and Acknowledgements Contents Introduction: Clarissimum in Feminis The Female Patience Figure as Speaker The Female Patience Figure as Frozen Speaker The Female Patience Figure as Counterfeit The Female Patience Figure as Frozen Empress The Female Patience Figure at an Extreme The Female Patience Figure as Shrine Index

Über Autor(innen)

Robin Waugh is an associate professor of English at Wilfrid Laurier University.