The Genre of Medieval Patience Literature

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SKU: 9780230391871

This book examines evolution of medieval patience literature from a focus on male and female sufferers to a focus on female suffers in particular. Using feminist revisions of genre-theory, Waugh analyses the concept of counterfeit consciousness in the works of Margery Kempe and Chaucer among others.

Key Features

  • Pages: 246
  • Publication date: 2012-11-12
  • Language: EN

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Author

R. Waugh

Publisher

Springer

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