Living Death in Medieval French and English Literature

Author:   Jane Gilbert (University College London)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Volume:   84
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9781107449251


Pages:   298
Publication Date:   26 June 2014
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Jane Gilbert (University College London)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Volume:   84
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.400kg
ISBN:  

9781107449251


ISBN 10:   1107449251
Pages:   298
Publication Date:   26 June 2014
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction: living death; 1. Roland and the second death; 2. The knight as thing: courtly love in the non-cyclic prose Lancelot; 3. The Ubi Sunt? Topos in Middle French: sad stories of the death of kings; 4. Ceci n'est pas une marguerite: anamorphosis in Pearl; 5. Becoming woman in Chaucer: on ne naît pas femme, on le devient en mourant; Conclusion: living dead or dead-in-life?

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'The committed reader will be rewarded by the sheer intellectual excitement of a book that gives new meaning to the idea of 'social death'.' Times Higher Education Supplement


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Jane Gilbert is Senior Lecturer in French at University College London.

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