This book argues that Chaucer challenges his culture's mounting obsession with vision, constructing a model of 'manhed' that blurs the distinction between agency and passivity in a traditional gender binary.



Autorentext

HOLLY CROCKER is Assistant Professor of English at the University of South Carolina, USA.



Inhalt
Introduction: Chaucer's Visions of Manhood PART I: ENGENDERING CULTURAL SIGHTS The Femininity Mystique: Art, Vision, and Allegory in the Tale of Melibee Portrait of the Father as a Bad Man: Visible Pressure in the Physician's Tale PART II: REFORMING SOCIAL PERSPECTIVE 'My First Matere I Wil Yow Telle': Bodily Impact in the Book of the Duchess Generic Vision: Dislocating Masculinities in the Merchant's Tale PART III: ENVISIONING LITERARY BODIES Which Wife? What Man? Gender Invisibility Between Chaucer's Wife and Shipman Conclusion: 'Miscellaneous Chaucer: Proverbial Masculinity in MS. BL Harley 7333'
Titel
Chaucer's Visions of Manhood
EAN
9780230604926
ISBN
978-0-230-60492-6
Format
E-Book (pdf)
Veröffentlichung
25.06.2007
Digitaler Kopierschutz
Wasserzeichen
Dateigrösse
1.37 MB
Anzahl Seiten
250
Jahr
2007
Untertitel
Englisch