嶺東科技大學 |

The genre of medieval patience literature : development, duplication, and gender

[NT 42944] Record Type:	[NT 8598] Electronic resources : [NT 40817] monographic
[NT 47348] Title Information:	development, duplication, and gender
[NT 47261] Author:	WaughRobin, 1959-
[NT 47351] Place of Publication:	New York
[NT 47263] Published:	Palgrave Macmillan;
[NT 47352] Year of Publication:	2012
[NT 50960] Edition:	1st ed.
[NT 47264] Description:	1 online resource (xvi, 230 p.)ill. :
[NT 47298] Series:	The new Middle Ages
[NT 47266] Subject:	English literature - Middle English, 1100-1500 -
[NT 47266] Subject:	Women and literature - History - England - To 1500. -
[NT 47266] Subject:	Literature, Medieval - History and criticism. -
[NT 47266] Subject:	Patience in literature. -
[NT 47266] Subject:	Sex role in literature. -
[NT 47266] Subject:	LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh -
[NT 51458] Online resource:	http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230391871
[NT 47265] Notes:	Description based on print version record.
[NT 51398] Summary:	This project records the development and history of medieval patience literature by identifying and mapping the important shift in early patience literature from a focus on male and female sufferers to a focus more on female sufferers in particular. The argument employs feminist revisions of genre-theory to show how specific works fit into the evolution of the genre, and identifies and defines the important concept of counterfeit consciousness. The book first defines the genre through examples of patience literature from the martyrologies to the Legenda aurea, where one may note the emergence of feminine space as a representation of women's expression. Then, through a revision of the conventional understanding of Grisilde's passivity, the book shows how Chaucer's Clerk's Tale works as a sophisticated reductio ad absurdum of the patience genre and how Christine de Pizan's Griselda-tale works as a precise satire of male understandings of patience literature and of knightly romances. The project then examines Margery Kempe's trials as examples of the displacement of feminine space into Margery's own version of a shrine. No-one has previously described the genre of patience literature, while this book, intended primarily for an academic audience, increases recognition of specific roles for women in the Middle Ages, consolidates a number of innovative research trends, and makes an important contribution to literary history.
[NT 50961] ISBN:	9780230391871electronic bk.
[NT 50961] ISBN:	0230391877electronic bk.
[NT 60779] Content Note:	Introduction: Clarissimum in feminis The female patience figure as speaker The female patience figure as frozen speaker The female patience figure as counterfeit The female patience figure as frozen empress The female patience figure at an extreme The female patience figure as shrine.

The genre of medieval patience literature : development, duplication, and gender
Waugh, Robin

The genre of medieval patience literature : development, duplication, and gender / Robin Waugh. - 1st ed.. - New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. - 1 online resource (xvi, 230 p.) ; ill.. - (The new Middle Ages).
Introduction: Clarissimum in feminis.
Description based on print version record..
Includes bibliographical references and index..
ISBN 9780230391871ISBN 0230391877
English literatureWomen and literatureLiterature, MedievalPatience in literature.Sex role in literature.LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- History -- History and criticism. -- England -- To 1500.

The genre of medieval patience literature : development, duplication, and gender
LDR:02824clm 2200349 4500 001 281677
005 20130621115142.0
009 ocn819423199
010 1 $a 9780230391871 $b electronic bk.
010 1 $a 0230391877 $b electronic bk.
010 1 $z 0230391869
010 1 $z 9780230391864
010 1 $z 9781283868013
010 1 $z 1283868016
100 $a 20140528
101 0 $a eng
102 $a us
135 $a v
200 1 $a The genre of medieval patience literature $e development, duplication, and gender $f Robin Waugh.
204 1 $a electronic resource
205 $a 1st ed.
210 $a New York $d 2012 $c Palgrave Macmillan
215 1 $a 1 online resource (xvi, 230 p.) $c ill.
225 1 $a The new Middle Ages
300 $a Description based on print version record.
320 $a Includes bibliographical references and index.
327 1 $a Introduction: Clarissimum in feminis $a The female patience figure as speaker $a The female patience figure as frozen speaker $a The female patience figure as counterfeit $a The female patience figure as frozen empress $a The female patience figure at an extreme $a The female patience figure as shrine.
330 $a This project records the development and history of medieval patience literature by identifying and mapping the important shift in early patience literature from a focus on male and female sufferers to a focus more on female sufferers in particular. The argument employs feminist revisions of genre-theory to show how specific works fit into the evolution of the genre, and identifies and defines the important concept of counterfeit consciousness. The book first defines the genre through examples of patience literature from the martyrologies to the Legenda aurea, where one may note the emergence of feminine space as a representation of women's expression. Then, through a revision of the conventional understanding of Grisilde's passivity, the book shows how Chaucer's Clerk's Tale works as a sophisticated reductio ad absurdum of the patience genre and how Christine de Pizan's Griselda-tale works as a precise satire of male understandings of patience literature and of knightly romances. The project then examines Margery Kempe's trials as examples of the displacement of feminine space into Margery's own version of a shrine. No-one has previously described the genre of patience literature, while this book, intended primarily for an academic audience, increases recognition of specific roles for women in the Middle Ages, consolidates a number of innovative research trends, and makes an important contribution to literary history.
410 0 $a New Middle Ages (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
606 $a English literature $x Middle English, 1100-1500 $x History and criticism. $2 lc $3 275181
606 $a Women and literature $x History $y England $z To 1500. $3 309600
606 $a Literature, Medieval $x History and criticism. $3 306260
606 $a Patience in literature. $3 309601
606 $a Sex role in literature. $3 110941
606 $a LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh $2 bisacsh $3 307456
676 $v 23 $a 820.9/92870902
680 $a PR275.W6 $b W38 2012
700 1 $a Waugh $b Robin $f 1959- $3 309599
801 0 $a tw $b ltu
856 4 0 $3 Palgrave Connect $u http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230391871