Bodies and disciplines : intersections of literature and history in fifteenth-century England / Barbara A. Hanawalt and David Wallace, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hanawalt, Barbara A., 1941-

Wallace, David, 1954-

Series:

Medieval cultures ; v. 9.

Medieval cultures ; v. 9

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English literature--Middle English, 1100-1500--History and criticism--Congresses.

English literature.

Literature and history--England--History--Congresses.

Literature and history.

Fifteenth century--Congresses.

Fifteenth century.

Great Britain--History--Lancaster and York, 1399-1485--Historiography--Congresses.

Great Britain.

England--Civilization--1066-1485--Congresses.

England.

England--In literature--Congresses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (255 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 1996.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Centered on practices of the body-human bodies, the "body politic"-Bodies and Disciplines considers a fascinating and largely uncanonical group of texts, as well as public dramas, rituals, and spectacles, from multidisciplinary perspectives. The result is a volume that incorporates insights from history, literature, medieval studies, and critical theory, drawing from the strengths of each discipline to illuminate a relatively little-studied period.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Brewing Trouble: On Literature and History-and Alewives; 2. The Body, Whole and Vulnerable, in Fifteenth-Century England; 3. ""Representyd now in yower syght"": The Culture of Spectatorship in Late-Fifteenth-Century England; 4. Ritual, Theater, and Social Space in the York Corpus Christi Cycle; 5. Finding Language for Misconduct: Jurors in Fifteenth-Century Local Courts; 6. Two Models, Two Standards: Moral Teaching and Sexual Mores; 7. Blessing from Sun and Moon: Churching as Women's Theater

8. ""The Childe of Bristowe"" and the Making of Middle-Class Adolescence 9. Reciprocity and Exchange in the Late Medieval Household; 10. William Thorpe and His Lollard Community: Intellectual Labor and the Representation of Dissent; Afterword: What Happens at Intersections?; Contributors; Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contains revised versions of papers originally presented at a conference, Intersections--Fifteenth-Century Literature and History, held at the University of Minnesota in April 1993.

ISBN:

0-8166-8699-8

OCLC:

476094036