Reading women in late medieval Europe : Anne of Bohemia and Chaucer's female audience /
"Critics have traditionally emphasized Geoffrey Chaucer's status as the "Father of English Literature" but in his own time he was more interested in becoming a great European writer. This book shows how Chaucer looked for inspiration not only to the great European male writers of...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2015.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | New Middle Ages (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
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| Summary: | "Critics have traditionally emphasized Geoffrey Chaucer's status as the "Father of English Literature" but in his own time he was more interested in becoming a great European writer. This book shows how Chaucer looked for inspiration not only to the great European male writers of his time (Boccaccio, Petrarch, Dante) but also to a European woman--Queen Anne of Bohemia, wife of Richard II-- as his ideal patron and inspiration" -- |
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| Physical Description: | xvi, 251 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-235) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781137544193 1137544198 |