Medieval Go-betweens and Chaucer's Pandarus
This book explores the rich, complex, literary tradition of the medieval go-between. Idealized going between usually leads to marriage and it develops a new dimension of the much debated question of courtly love and woman's part in it. Chaucer's Pandarus's place in this go-between tradition is a tour de force.
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Medieval Go-betweens and Chaucer's Pandarus
This book explores the rich, complex, literary tradition of the medieval go-between. Idealized going between usually leads to marriage and it develops a new dimension of the much debated question of courtly love and woman's part in it. Chaucer's Pandarus's place in this go-between tradition is a tour de force.
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Medieval Go-betweens and Chaucer's Pandarus

Medieval Go-betweens and Chaucer's Pandarus

by G. Mieszkowski
Medieval Go-betweens and Chaucer's Pandarus

Medieval Go-betweens and Chaucer's Pandarus

by G. Mieszkowski

Hardcover(2007)

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Overview

This book explores the rich, complex, literary tradition of the medieval go-between. Idealized going between usually leads to marriage and it develops a new dimension of the much debated question of courtly love and woman's part in it. Chaucer's Pandarus's place in this go-between tradition is a tour de force.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781403963413
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date: 06/05/2007
Series: The New Middle Ages
Edition description: 2007
Pages: 218
Product dimensions: 5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.03(d)

About the Author

GRETCHEN MIESZKOWSKI is Professor of Literature at the University of Houston, Clear Lake, USA.

Table of Contents

Introduction Worldly Going Between Idealized Going Between Chaucer's Pandurus and the Go-Between Tradition Conclusion
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