Men and Masculinities in Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde

Name: Men and Masculinities in Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde
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By Tison Pugh

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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 the Middle 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 the hermeneutics 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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Number of Pages:: 216
Release Date:: 2008-04-17
Publication Date:: 2008-04-17
Publisher:: D.S.Brewer
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 1843841606
ISBN13:: 9781843841609
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]
Weight:: 493 g
Height:: 161 cm
Width:: 240 cm
Thickness:: 16 cm

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