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Rival Wisdoms : Reading Proverbs in the Canterbury Tales / Nancy Mason Bradbury.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bradbury, Nancy M., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Proverbs in literature.
- Proverbs--History and criticism.
- Proverbs.
- Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400. Canterbury tales.
- Chaucer, Geoffrey.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 209 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2024]
- Summary:
- "Situates Chaucer's proverbs in their premodern cultural and intellectual contexts, arguing that Chaucer places proverbs at the center of the interpretive possibilities the Canterbury Tales extends to its readers"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction : reading proverbially
- Proverbs and premodern reading practices
- The rival wisdoms of clerks and cherles
- The rival wisdoms of clerks and women
- Proverb and story in the Tale of Melibee
- Conclusion : putting proverbs in their places.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Print version:
- ISBN:
- 0-271-09834-1
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