{"product_id":"life-in-words-jill-mann-9781487528393","title":"Life in Words: Essays on Chaucer, the Gawain-Poet, and Malory","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis volume collects fifteen landmark essays published over the last three decades by the distinguished medievalist Jill Mann. Bringing together her essays on Chaucer, the \u003cem\u003eGawain\u003c\/em\u003e-poet, and Malory, the collection foregrounds the common interest in the semantic implications of key vocabulary such as \"authority,\" \"adventure,\" and \"price\" that links them together.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMann, one of the finest critics of Middle English literature in her generation, uses the concepts suggested by the language of medieval literature itself as a way into the masterpieces of Middle English, including \u003cem\u003eThe Canterbury Tales\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTroilus and Criseyde\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSir Gawain and the Green Knight\u003c\/em\u003e, and the \u003cem\u003eMorte Darthur\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn extended introduction by Mark Rasmussen brings out the nature of the themes that run through the collection, analyses the critical methods in play, and assesses their significance in the context of Middle English studies over the last thirty years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jill Mann\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1487528396\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781487528393\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/21\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.29lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.89d","brand":"Jill Mann","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43943385727231,"sku":"9781487528393","price":52.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_b61da708-0c3d-441b-b72c-fdcdc4d1061d.jpg?v=1681497825","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/life-in-words-jill-mann-9781487528393","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}