Genre of medieval patience literature, the: development, duplication, and gender
Auteur :
Waugh, R.
Éditeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN :
9781349351787
Date de publication :
31 oct. 2012
Dimensions :
21,6 x 14,0 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
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.