{"product_id":"9780470655382","title":"A Handbook of Middle English Studies","description":"\u003ch3\u003eCritical Theory Handbooks\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eA Handbook of Middle English Studies\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eMarion Turner\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ European \/ English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA Handbook of Middle English Studies\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e“This sharp-minded, coherent set of essays both maps and liberates: not only does it map the intellectual territory of contemporary cultural debate; it also liberates the extraordinary texts of later medieval England to move across that contemporary cultural terrain.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJames Simpson, Harvard University \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Marion Turner has skilfully choreographed an exciting ensemble of fresh accounts of the English Middle Ages. We see the period in a new light that shows with compassion and imagination, as well as thoughtful scholarship, how the literature of the past speaks to contemporary preoccupations.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eArdis Butterfield, Yale University \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Strikingly original: theory-literate and materially-grounded ways of reading Middle English texts.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Wallace, University of Pennsylvania \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Handbook of Middle English Studies\u003c\/i\u003e presents twenty-six original and accessible essays by leading scholars, analyzing the relationship between critical theory and late-medieval literature. The collection offers a range of entry points into the rich field of medieval literary studies, exploring subjects including the depiction of the self and the mind, the literature of conquest, ideas of beauty and aesthetics, and the relationship between place and literature. Topics that have long been central to the field, such as authorship, gender, and race, feature alongside areas only recently coming under critical scrutiny, such as globalization, the environment, and animality. Collectively, the essays demonstrate that the manuscript culture of late medieval literature raises key theoretical issues concerning the relationship between authors, texts, and readers. \u003ci\u003eA Handbook of Middle English Studies\u003c\/i\u003e models diverse approaches to medieval texts and stakes a claim in debates about topics ranging from class to the canon, from imagination to nationhood, from sexuality to the public sphere.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarion Turner\u003c\/b\u003e is Tutorial Fellow in English Literature at Jesus College, University of Oxford. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eChaucerian Conflict: Languages of Antagonism in Late Fourteenth-Century London\u003c\/i\u003e (2007), and numerous articles on latemedieval literature, especially on Chaucer. She is currently editing a volume about literature and medicine, and is also working on a biography of Chaucer.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e08 April 2013\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780470655382\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e464\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e31.04\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44315635155084,"sku":"9780470655382","price":161.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780470655382_5118defb-dc9a-40ab-a307-9419cc3ba1ac.jpg?v=1780110821","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9780470655382","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}