The French fetish from Chaucer to Shakespeare
By: Deanne Williams.
Series: Cambridge studies in Renaissance literature and culture ;; 47
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Cambridge, UK; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 283
Subjects: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Knowledge -- France.; Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400 -- Knowledge -- France.; English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism.; English literature -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- History and criticism.; National characteristics, French, in literature.; Public opinion -- Great Britain -- History.; France -- In literature.; Great Britain -- Civilization -- French influences.; France -- Foreign public opinion, British.; Great Britain -- Relations -- France.; France -- Relations -- Great Britain.
Description: In assessing the impact of the Norman Conquest on the culture of medieval & early modern England, Deanne Williams contends that not only the French language & literature, but the idea of Frenchness itself, produced England's literary & cultural identity.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-276) and index.