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Nature, sex, and goodness in a Medieval literary tradition
- Title
- Nature, sex, and goodness in a Medieval literary tradition / Hugh White.
- Author
- White, Hugh.
- Publication
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.
- Supplementary Content
- Publisher description
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Details
- Description
- ix, 278 pages; 23 cm
- Summary
- "Readership: Scholars and students of medieval literature and ethical and religious thinking." "'Nature' is a significant term in medieval ethical discourse. This book examines the idea of the natural in the work of major writers, including Jean de Meun, Gower, and Chaucer. Often understood to be on the side of reason and the good, nature can also be associated with the animal, the non-rational, and as such can be seen as encouraging immoral behaviour."--Jacket.
- Subjects
- French literature
- Alanus, de Insulis, -1202
- Gower, John, 1325?-1408
- Jean, de Meun, approximately 1240-approximately 1305
- Alanus, de Insulis, -1202 > Ethics
- Gower, John, 1325?-1408 > Ethics
- Roman de la rose (Guillaume, de Lorris)
- Guillaume, de Lorris, active 1230 > Roman de la rose
- Nature in literature
- English literature > Middle English, 1100-1500 > History and criticism
- Ethics, Medieval, in literature
- Good and evil in literature
- Ethics
- Jean, de Meun, approximately 1240-approximately 1305 > Ethics
- French literature > To 1500 > History and criticism
- Sex in literature
- Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400 > Ethics
- To 1500
- English literature > Middle English
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 258-270) and index.
- Contents
- Academic natures -- The moral status of the natural in Middle English vernacular writings -- The Roman de la rose -- Further French natures -- Gower -- Chaucer.
- Call Number
- JFD 01-2721
- ISBN
- 0198187300
- 9780198187301
- LCCN
- 00057120
- OCLC
- 44502410
- Author
- White, Hugh.
- Title
- Nature, sex, and goodness in a Medieval literary tradition / Hugh White.
- Imprint
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 258-270) and index.
- Connect to:
- Chronological Term
- To 1500
- Research Call Number
- JFD 01-2721