Ebook: Reading Women in Late Medieval Europe: Anne of Bohemia and Chaucer’s Female Audience
Author: Alfred Thomas
- Tags: Medieval, Movements & Periods, History & Criticism, Literature & Fiction, Ancient & Classical, Movements & Periods, History & Criticism, Literature & Fiction, British & Irish, European, Regional & Cultural, History & Criticism, Literature & Fiction, British & Irish, Contemporary, Dramas & Plays, Historical, Horror, Humor & Satire, Literature, Poetry, Shakespeare, Literature & Fiction, Women’s Studies, Abortion & Birth Control, Feminist Theory, History, Motherhood, Women Writers, Politics & Social Sciences, English Literatu
- Series: The New Middle Ages
- Year: 2015
- Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition: 1st ed
- Language: English
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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.
"Critics have traditionally emphasized Geoffrey Chaucer's status as the "Father of English Literature" but in his own time he was more interested in becoming a great European writer. This book shows how Chaucer looked for inspiration not only to the great European male writers of his time (Boccaccio, Petrarch, Dante) but also to a European woman--Queen Anne of Bohemia, wife of Richard II-- as his ideal patron and Read more...
"Critics have traditionally emphasized Geoffrey Chaucer's status as the "Father of English Literature" but in his own time he was more interested in becoming a great European writer. This book shows how Chaucer looked for inspiration not only to the great European male writers of his time (Boccaccio, Petrarch, Dante) but also to a European woman--Queen Anne of Bohemia, wife of Richard II-- as his ideal patron and Read more...