{"product_id":"chaucers-approach-to-gender-in-anne-laskaya-9780859914819","title":"Chaucer's Approach to Gender in the Canterbury Tales","description":"An original feminist approach, through a study of Chaucer's treatment of masculinity, to the Canterbury Tales \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis volume presents a feminist approach to the Canterbury Tales, investigating the ways in which the tensions and contradictions found within the broad contours of medieval gender discourse write themselves into Chaucer'stext. Four discourses of medieval masculinity are examined, which simultaneously reinforce and resist one another: heroic or chivalric, Christian, courtly love, and emerging humanist models.\u003cbr\u003e Each chapter attempts to negotiateboth contemporary assumptions of gender construction, and essentialist readings of gender common to the middle ages; throughout, the author argues that the Canterbury Tales offer a sophisticated discussion of masculinity, and that it strongly indicts some of the prevalent medieval notions of ideal masculinity while still remaining firmly homosocial and homophobic. The book concludes that on the question of gender issues, the Tales are beststudied as male-authored texts containing representations and negotiations revealing much about late medieval masculinities. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Dr ANNE LASKAYA teaches in the English Department at the University of Oregon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anne Laskaya\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 085991481X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780859914819\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Boydell \u0026amp; Brewer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/30\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.12lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.56d","brand":"Anne Laskaya","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46806951493887,"sku":"9780859914819","price":115.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_969d0c6f-80d3-4bd6-9ff9-db0dde994841.jpg?v=1745378153","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/chaucers-approach-to-gender-in-anne-laskaya-9780859914819","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}