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Britton J. Harwood
Gillian R. Overing (eds.)

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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

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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

© 1994 by Indiana University Press All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. The Association of American University Presses’ Resolution on Permissions constitutes the only exception to this prohibition. The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984.