Chaucer and the Cultures of Love and Marriage

Substantial new readings of Chaucer's poems, offering a fresh perspective on some of the major controversies in Chaucer scholarship.

List of contents

Introduction: Marriage and love in late medieval England
'The name of soveraynetee': The Franklin's Tale
'Humble servant to youre worthynesse': the Clerk's Tale
Domestic opportunities: The social comedy of the Shipman's Tale
Love in confinement in the Merchant's Tale
The Man of Law's Tale: The medieval marriage market and human suffering
The Knight's Tale and Emily's marriage: Chain of love or prison fetters?
'Nyce fare': The courtly culture of love in Troilus and Criseyde
Beyond the bounds of good behaviour: Imprudent fidelity in the Legend of Good Women
Conclusion
Bibliography

About the author

CATHY HUME is a Senior Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Bristol.

Product details

• Authors: Cathy Hume
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.08.2012
• EAN: 9781843843214
• ISBN: 978-1-84384-321-4
• No. of pages: 252
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 241 mm x 27 mm
• Weight: 554 g
• Series: Bristol Studies in Medieval Cu
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Literatur: Geschichte und Kritik, LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Ancient & Classical, Literature - Classics / Criticism