{"product_id":"chaucers-legendary-good-women-paperback-9780521020824","title":"Chaucer's Legendary Good Women (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521020824","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eChaucer's Legendary Good Women\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA comprehensive account of Chaucer's Legend of Good Women.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eFlorence Percival (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521020824, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 6 October 2005\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e356 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.7 x 2.2 cm, 0.533 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Percival grounds her argument in an analysis of an impressive array of literatures and genres of the period, including marguerite poetry, palinodes, courtly debates, anti-feminist tracts, and political writing, as well as Chaucer's classical sources.\"    Rebecca L. Schoff\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eChaucer's Legend of Good Women is a testament to the disparate views of women prevalent in the Middle Ages. Dr Percival contends that the complex medieval notion of Woman informs the structure of the poem: in the Prologue Chaucer praises conventional ideas of female virtue, while in the Legends he demonstrates a humorous scepticism, apparently influenced by a contemporary antifeminist tradition. The debate Chaucer thus promotes could be relied on to entertain many medieval readers, at the same time that it demonstrates the power of the vernacular translator\/poet to handle language wittily and to do just as he pleases with the august texts of the past. This is a comprehensive account of the Legend's interpretative puzzles, which does not ignore the element of political writing, and adds to a close and nuanced reading of the text an examination of literary, historical, and social contexts.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Chaucer's Good Woman: 1. The good woman: the daisy\u003cbr\u003e 2. Alceste: the good woman of legend\u003cbr\u003e 3. The good woman: a legendary beast? Part II. The God of Love: 4. The God of love\u003cbr\u003e 5. The accusation\u003cbr\u003e 6. The defence: tyrants of Lombardy\u003cbr\u003e 7. The defence: Matere and Entente\u003cbr\u003e Part III. The Palinode: The Legends of a Good Woman: 8. Ariadne: the ladies and the critics\u003cbr\u003e 9. Medea: the ladies and their reputations\u003cbr\u003e 10. Cleopatra: legend of Cupid's saint\u003cbr\u003e 11. Dido: composite woman\u003cbr\u003e 12. Lucrece: too good to be true? 13. Phyllis and inherited male perfidy\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. The Legend as Courtly Game: Epilogue.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: classical, early \u0026amp; medieval [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: classical, early \u0026amp; medieval\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20classical,%20early%20\u0026amp;%20medieval%20%5BDSBB%5D%22\"\u003eDSBB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006160687384,"sku":"9780521020824","price":31.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521020824i.jpg?v=1694963498","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/chaucers-legendary-good-women-paperback-9780521020824","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}