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Men and Masculinities in Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde

Men and Masculinities in Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde

Marzec, Marcia Smith
Weisl, Angela Jane
Pugh, Tison

Hardcover

Series: Chaucer Studies, Book 38

Literary Criticism

ISBN10: 1843841606
ISBN13: 9781843841609
Publisher: D S Brewer
Published: Apr 17 2008
Pages: 212
Weight: 1.09
Height: 0.89 Width: 6.54 Depth: 9.25
Language: English
New studies of the problem of medieval masculinity, and Chaucer's treatment of it.

Issues relating to the male characters and the construction of masculinities in Chaucer's masterpiece of love found and love lost are explored here. Collectively the essays address the question of what it means to be a man in theMiddle Ages, what constitutes masculinity in this era, and how such masculinities are culturally constructed; they seek to advance scholarly understanding of the themes, characters, and actions of Troilus and Criseyde through thehermeneutics of medieval and modern concepts of manliness. Throughout, they argue that Troilus and the other characters, including Criseyde, are subject to multiple and conflicting interpretations, especially in regard to the intersections of their genders with their sexual performances and their conflicted relationships to generic expectations for gendered conduct.

Contributors: JOHN M. BOWERS, MICHAEL CALABRESE, HOLLY A. CROCKER, KATE KOPPELMAN, MOLLY MARTIN, MARCIA SMITH MARZEC, GRETCHEN MIESZKOWSKI, JAMES J. PAXSON, TISON PUGH, R. ALLEN SHOAF, ROBERT S. STURGES, ANGELA JANE WEISL, RICHARD ZEIKOWITZ

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