Feminist readings in Middle English literature
Subtitle: the Wife of Bath and all her sect
By: edited by Ruth Evans and Lesley Johnson.
Contributors: Evans, Ruth, 1954-; Johnson, Lesley, 1957-
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 1994
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 257
Subjects: Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400 -- Characters -- Women.; Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.; English literature -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- History and criticism.; Women -- England -- History -- Middle Ages, 500-1500 -- Historiography.; Feminism and literature -- England -- History -- To 1500.; Women and literature -- England -- History -- To 1500.; Civilization, Medieval, in literature.; Sex role in literature.
Description: This volume, designed with the student reader in mind, provides an indispensable blend of key essays in the field with specially commissioned new material by feminist scholars from the UK and the US. The essays address a diversity of texts and feminist approaches and are framed by a substantial and illuminating introduction by the editors, and an annotated list of further reading which offers preliminary guidance to the reader approaching the topic of gender and medieval literature for the first time.

Works and writers covered include: Chaucer; Margery Kempe; Christine de Pisan; the Katherine Group of Saints' lives; Langland's Piers Plowman; and medieval cycle drama. Students of both medieval and feminist literature will find this an essential work for study and reference.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.