Reading women in late medieval Europe
| Titel: | Reading women in late medieval Europe : Anne of Bohemia and Chaucer's female audience |
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| Veröffentlicht: | Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015 |
| Umfang: | XVI, 251 S. |
| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Schriftenreihe/ mehrbändiges Werk: |
The new Middle Ages |
| ISBN: | 9781137544193 |
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Although Chaucer is typically labeled as the "Father of English Literature," evidence shows that his work appealed to Europe and specifically European women. Rereading the Canterbury Tales , Thomas argues that Chaucer imagined Anne of Bohemia, wife of famed Richard II, as an ideal reader, an aspect that came to greatly affect his writing.
