Research Catalog

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Description

1. xxix, 378 pages; 23 cm

Subject

1. Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400 > Knowledge and learning
2. Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400
3. Chaucer, Geoffrey 1343-1400
4. Börngen, ..
5. Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400 > Political and social views
6. Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400 > Knowledge > Mythology
7. Chaucer, Geoffrey
8. Sex role in literature
9. Civilization, Medieval > Classical influences
10. Man-woman relationships in literature
11. Sex > Political aspects > History. > England
12. Mythology, Classical, in literature
13. Sex (Psychology) in literature
14. Civilization, Medieval > Classical influences
15. Man-woman relationships in literature
16. Mythology
17. Mythology, Classical, in literature
18. Sex > Political aspects
19. Sex (Psychology) in literature
20. Sex role in literature
21. Antike
22. Erotik Motiv
23. Geschlechterverhältnis Motiv
24. Geschlechterrolle Motiv
25. Mythologie
26. Sexualität
27. Sexualpsychologie
28. Frau
29. Sex > Political aspects > History. > Great Britain
30. Geschlechterbeziehung (Motiv)
31. England

Genre/Form

1. History

Contents

1. A chronology of major medieval mythographers. Introduction: "fables and swich wrecchednesse". Part 1. Mythography and female authority in the dream visions. "A wonder thing": the Descensus ad inferos of the female heroes Alcyone and Alceste -- "Geffrey" as Dido, Ganymede, "Marcia": mythographic and gender parody in the Hous of fame -- Venus contextualized: the mythographic authority of the body in The parlement of foules.
2. Part 2. Mythographic cross-gendering in the Troilus. The narrator as mythographic glossator: the rape of Criseyde. Part 3. Subversive mythography: the speaker as feminized subject in the Canterbury tales. Zephirus, rape, and Saint Thomas á Becket: the political vernacular -- Feminizing Theseus in the Knight's tale: the victory of Pallas Athena over Mars -- Maister Alisoun's feminist self-mythography -- The Merchant's De nuptiis maii et januarii -- The Franklin's Derke fantasye: Squire Aurelius as Ekko, Lady Dorigen as Narcissus's image -- Conclusion: the artist Pygmalion, the subject Chaucer, and self-seduction.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.