Masculinities in Chaucer :Approaches to Maleness in the Canterbury Tales and Troilus and Criseyde - Chaucer Studies
Masculinities in Chaucer :Approaches to Maleness in the Canterbury Tales and Troilus and Criseyde - Chaucer Studies
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5 February, 1998
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Representations of masculinity in Chaucer's works examined through modern critical theory. How does Chaucer portray the various male pilgrims in the Canterbury Tales? How manly is Troilus? To what extent can the spirit and terminology of recent feminist criticism inform the study of Chaucer's men? Is there such athing as a distinct `Chaucerian masculinity', or does it appear in a multitude of different forms? These are some of the questions that the contributors to this ground-breaking and provocative volume attempt to answer, using a diversity of critical methods and theories. Some look at the behaviour of noble or knightly men; some at clerics, or businessmen, or churls; others examine the so-called "masculine" qualities of female characters, and the "feminine"qualities of male characters. Topics include the Host's bourgeois masculinity; the erotic triangles operating in the Miller's Tale; why Chaucer `diminished' the sexuality of Sir Thopas; and whether Troilus is effeminate, impotent or an example of true manhood. PETER G. BEIDLER is the Lucy G.Moses Distinguished Professor of English at Lehigh University. Contributors: MARK ALLEN, PATRICIA CLARE INGHAM, MARTIN BLUM, DANIEL F. PIGG, ELIZABETH M. BIEBEL, JEAN E. JOST, CAROL EVEREST, ANDREA ROSSI-REDER, GLENN BURGER, PETER G. BEIDLER, JEFFREY JEROME COHEN, DANIEL RUBEY, MICHAEL D. SHARP, PAUL R. THOMAS, STEPHANIE DIETRICH, MAUD BURNETT MCINERNEY, DEREK BREWER
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| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780859914345 |
| ISBN10 | 0859914348 |
| Number Of Pages | 264 |
| Item Weight | 562 g |
| Publisher / Reseller | Boydell & Brewer Ltd |
| Format | hardback |
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Media Reviews
`Masculinity' is variously defined, a category so rich that its careful definition must necessarily enrich our reading of Chaucer. If there is one concern that unites these essays, it is the wish to challenge orthodoxies: new perspectives on familiar passages abound. * MEDIUM AEVUM *
Author's Bio
MAUD BURNETT MCINERNEY is Laurie Ann Levin Professor of Comparative Literature at Haverford College