Gail Ashton: 2 books
The Generation of Identity in Late Medieval Hagiography
Speaking the Saint
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2012
In this interdisciplinary and boundary-breaking study, Gail Ashton examines the portrayals of women saints in a wide range of medieval texts. She deploys the French feminist critical theory of Cixous and Iriguray to illuminate these depictions of women by men and to further our understanding of both...
by Gail Ashton
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 1998
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 1998
Detailed textual analysis of the tales by the Miller, Nun's Priest, the Wife of Bath and the Pardoner, as well as the General Prologue invites you to sharpen your critical faculties, extend your knowledge and engage with the text itself in order to fully appreciate the work of this fascinating, complex...