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Gestures and Looks in Medieval Narrative
Contributor(s): Burrow, J. A. (Author)

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 ISBN: 0521815649     ISBN-13: 9780521815642
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Published: August 2002
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Annotation: Gestures and looks played an even more important role in public and private exchanges of medieval society, than they do today. Gestures meant more than words, for example, in ceremonies of homage and fealty. In this compelling study, medievalist Burrow examines the role of non-verbal communication in a range of narrative texts, including Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde, the anonymous Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Malory's Morte D'arthur, the romances of Chretien de Troyes, the prose Lancelot, Boccaccio's Il Filostrato, and Dante's Commedia.

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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Dewey: 809.933
LCCN: 2002067663
Lexile Measure: 1450(Not Available)
Series: Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature
Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6" W x 9" L (1.08 lbs) 216 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - British Isles
Features: Bibliography, Index
Review Citations: Choice 02/01/2003 pg. 977
 
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Gestures and looks played an even more important role in public and private exchanges of medieval society, than they do today. Gestures meant more than words, for example, in ceremonies of homage and fealty. In this compelling study, medievalist Burrow examines the role of non-verbal communication in a range of narrative texts, including Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde, the anonymous Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Malory's Morte D'arthur, the romances of Chr tien de Troyes, the prose Lancelot, Boccaccio's Il Filostrato, and Dante's Commedia.

Contributor Bio(s): Burrow, J. a.: - John Burrow is Emeritus Professor and Research Fellow in the Department of English at Bristol University. He has published widely on middle English literature. His books include Medieval Writers and Their Work (1982).
 
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