These dramatic new readings of Old and Middle English texts explore the rich theoretical territory at the intersection o
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Table of contents :
Foreword / Britton J. Harwood and Gillian R. Overing vii
Gender, Sexual Violence, and the Politics of War in the Old English "Judith" / Karma Lochrie 1
"Wonfeax wale": Ideology and Figuration in the Sexual Riddles of the Exeter Book / John W. Tanke 21
Exile and the Semiosis of Gender in Old English Elegies / Helen T. Bennett 43
Class, Gender, Medieval Criticism, and "Piers Plowman" / David Aers 59
Construction of Class, Family, and Gender in Some Middle English Popular Romances / Harriet E. Hudson 76
Building Class and Gender into Chaucer’s "Hous" / Britton J. Harwood 95
Gender and Exchange in "Piers Plowman" / Clare A. Lees 112
"The Pardoner's Tale", the Pervert, and the Price of Order in Chaucer’s World / Allen J. Frantzen 131
Contributors 149
Index 151
Class and Gender in Early English Literature
Class and Gender in Early English Literature INTERSECTIONS
EDITED BY
Britton J. Harwood AND
Gillian R. Overing
INDIANA UNIVERSITY PRESS Bloomington and Indianapolis
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