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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: 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: 9781107449251ISBN 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 We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsIntroduction: 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?Reviews'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 Author InformationJane Gilbert is Senior Lecturer in French at University College London. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |