This book examines evolution of medieval patience literature from a focus on male and female sufferers to a focus on female suffers in particular. Using feminist revisions of genre-theory, Waugh analyses the concept of counterfeit consciousness in the works of Margery Kempe and Chaucer among others.
| ISBN: | 9781349351787 |
| Publication date: | 31st October 2012 |
| Author: | R Waugh |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 230 pages |
| Series: | The New Middle Ages |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval Gender studies, gender groups Literature: history and criticism Feminism and feminist theory |