TY - BOOK ID - 125925987 TI - Feminizing Chaucer PY - 2002 SN - 0859916138 0585490848 1280545321 1846150728 9786610545322 PB - Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, NY : D.S. Brewer, DB - UniCat KW - CHAUCER (GEOFFREY), 1340-1400 KW - FEMINISME ET LITTERATURE KW - FEMMES KW - FEMMES DANS LA LITTERATURE KW - PERSONNAGES KW - ET LE FEMINISME KW - GRANDE-BRETAGNE KW - JUSQUE 1500 KW - 500-1500, MOYAEN-AGE KW - Feminism and literature KW - Women and literature KW - Women KW - Women in literature. KW - History KW - Chaucer, Geoffrey, KW - Characters KW - Women. KW - Views on feminism. KW - Chaucer's thinking. KW - Female virtues. KW - Feminist criticism. KW - Gender roles. KW - Literary analysis. KW - Masculinity. KW - Medieval literature. KW - Misogynist stereotypes. KW - Power roles. KW - Wife-swapping. KW - Characters. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:125925987 AB - An investigation of Chaucer's thinking about women, assessed in the light of developments in feminist criticism. Women are a major subject of Chaucer's writings, and their place in his work has attracted much recent critical attention. Feminizing Chaucer investigates Chaucer's thinking about women, and re-assesses it in the light of developments in feminist criticism. It explores Chaucer's handling of gender issues, of power roles, of misogynist stereotypes and the writer's responsibility for perpetuating them, and the complex meshing of activity and passivityin human experience. Mann argues that the traditionally 'female' virtues of patience and pity are central to Chaucer's moral ethos, and that this necessitates a reformulation of ideal masculinity. First published [as Geoffrey Chaucer] in the series 'Feminist Readings', this new edition includes a new chapter, 'Wife-Swapping in Medieval Literature'. The references and bibliography have been updated, and a new preface surveys publications in the field over the last decade. JILL MANN is currently Notre Dame Professor of English, University of Notre Dame. ER -