French Fetish From Chaucer to Shakespeare

Informationen zum Autor Deanne Williams is Assistant Professor at the Department of English, York University, Toronto. Klappentext Deanne Williams traces the cultural legacy of the Norman Conquest in England from 1350 to 1600. Zusammenfassung Traces the cultural legacy of the Norman Conquest in England from 1350 to 1600; how English literature emerged out of the presence of French language and culture in medieval and early modern England. Includes chapters on Chaucer! the Corpus Christi Plays! William Caxton! early Tudor poetry! and Shakespeare. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction. Barbarous intimations; 1. Pardon my French; 2. Sympathy for the devil; 3. My fair lady; 4. A fine romance; 5. Roan Barbary; Conclusion. No man's Elizabeth; Notes; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Deanne Williams, Deanne (York University Williams
• Assisted by: Anne Barton (Editor), Stephen Orgel (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.11.2004
• EAN: 9780521832168
• ISBN: 978-0-521-83216-8
• No. of pages: 302
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Renaissan
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies