HANDBOOK OF MIDDLE ENGLISH STUDIES

Informationen zum Autor Marion Turner is Tutorial Fellow in English Literature at Jesus College, University of Oxford. She is the author of Chaucerian Conflict: Languages of Antagonism in Late Fourteenth-Century London (2007), and numerous articles on latemedieval literature, especially on Chaucer. She is currently editing a volume about literature and medicine, and is also working on a biography of Chaucer. Klappentext A Handbook to Middle English Studies presents a series of original essays from leading literary scholars that explore the relationship between critical theory and late medieval literature.* Includes 26 new essays by leading scholars of late medieval literature* Sets the new standard for an introduction to the study of late medieval literature* Showcases the most current cutting-edge theoretical research* Demonstrates a range of approaches to late medieval literature* Brings together critical theory and medieval literature Zusammenfassung A Handbook to Middle English Studies presents a series of original essays from leading literary scholars that explore the relationship between critical theory and late medieval literature. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments xi Notes on Contributors xiii Abbreviations xvii List of Figures xix Introduction 1 Marion Turner Part 1: Selfhood and Community 13 1 Imagination 15 Aranye Fradenburg 2 Memory 33 Anke Bernau 3 Desire 49 Elizabeth Scala 4 Gender 63 Nicola McDonald 5 Sexuality 77 Glenn Burger and Steven F. Kruger 6 Public Interiorities 93 David Lawton 7 Race 109 Jeffrey Jerome Cohen 8 Animality 123 Susan Crane Part 2: Constructing Texts, Constructing Textual History 135 9 Authorship 137 Vincent Gillespie 10 Audience 155 Joyce Coleman 11 Manuscript 171 Alexandra Gillespie 12 Material Culture 187 Jessica Brantley 13 Genre 207 Julie Orlemanski 14 Aesthetics 223 Maura Nolan 15 Canon Formation 239 Thomas A. Prendergast 16 Periodization 253 David Matthews Part 3: Politics and Places 267 17 Sovereignty 269 Robert Mills 18 Class 285 Isabel Davis 19 Church 299 Laura Varnam 20 City 315 Jonathan Hsy 21 Margins 331 Corinne Saunders 22 Ecology 347 Carolyn Dinshaw 23 Nation 363 Kathy Lavezzo 24 Language 379 Laura Ashe 25 Postcolonialism 397 John M. Ganim 26 A Global Middle Ages 413 Geraldine Heng Index 431 ...

Table des matières

Acknowledgments xi
 
Notes on Contributors xiii
 
Abbreviations xvii
 
List of Figures xix
 
Introduction 1
Marion Turner
 
Part 1: Selfhood and Community 13
 
1 Imagination 15
Aranye Fradenburg
 
2 Memory 33
Anke Bernau
 
3 Desire 49
Elizabeth Scala
 
4 Gender 63
Nicola McDonald
 
5 Sexuality 77
Glenn Burger and Steven F. Kruger
 
6 Public Interiorities 93
David Lawton
 
7 Race 109
Jeffrey Jerome Cohen
 
8 Animality 123
Susan Crane
 
Part 2: Constructing Texts, Constructing Textual History 135
 
9 Authorship 137
Vincent Gillespie
 
10 Audience 155
Joyce Coleman
 
11 Manuscript 171
Alexandra Gillespie
 
12 Material Culture 187
Jessica Brantley
 
13 Genre 207
Julie Orlemanski
 
14 Aesthetics 223
Maura Nolan
 
15 Canon Formation 239
Thomas A. Prendergast
 
16 Periodization 253
David Matthews
 
Part 3: Politics and Places 267
 
17 Sovereignty 269
Robert Mills
 
18 Class 285
Isabel Davis
 
19 Church 299
Laura Varnam
 
20 City 315
Jonathan Hsy
 
21 Margins 331
Corinne Saunders
 
22 Ecology 347
Carolyn Dinshaw
 
23 Nation 363
Kathy Lavezzo
 
24 Language 379
Laura Ashe
 
25 Postcolonialism 397
John M. Ganim
 
26 A Global Middle Ages 413
Geraldine Heng
 
Index 431

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: M Turner, Marion Turner, Marion (University of Oxford Turner, Turner Marion
• Collaboration: Mario Turner (Editeur), Marion Turner (Editeur), Turner Marion (Editeur)
• Edition: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 22.03.2013
• EAN: 9780470655382
• ISBN: 978-0-470-65538-2
• Pages: 464
• Thèmes: CTH - Critical Theory Handbooks; Critical Theory Handbooks; Critical Theory Handbooks; CTH - Critical Theory Handbooks
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature > Littérature générale et comparée; Literaturwissenschaft, Mittelenglisch, Literature, Literatur- u. Kulturtheorie, Literary & Cultural Theory, Englische Literatur / Alt- u. Mittelenglisch, Mittelalter, Old, Middle & Medieval English Literature