Reading Women in Late Medieval Europe

"Critics have traditionally emphasized Geoffrey Chaucer's status as the "Father of English Literature" but in his own time he was more interested in becoming a great European writer. This book shows how Chaucer looked for inspiration not only to the great European male writers of his time (Boccaccio, Petrarch, Dante) but also to a European woman--Queen Anne of Bohemia, wife of Richard II-- as his ideal patron and inspiration" --

Year

2015

Language

English

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan

Editions

2

Pages

251

ISBN

9781137544193

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