"[The essays] focus on class and gender not only sheds new light on old texts but also stretches the boundaries of
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Table of contents :
Content: Gender, sexual violence, and the politics of war in the Old English Judith / Karma Lochrie --
Wonfeax wale : Ideology and figuration in the sexual riddles of the Exeter Book / John W. Tanke --
Exile and the semiosis of gender in Old English elegies / Helen T. Bennett --
Class, gender, medieval criticism, and Piers Plowman / David Aers --
Construction of class, family, and gender in some Middle English popular romances / Harriet E. Hudson --
Building class and gender into Chaucer's Hous / Britton J. Harwood --
Gender and exchange in Piers Plowman / Clare A. Lees --
The Pardoner's Tale, the pervert, and the price of order in Chaucer's world / Allen J. Frantzen.