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Wykked Wyves and the Woes of Marriage: Misogamous Literature from Juvenal to Chaucer
Contributor(s): Wilson, Katharina M. (Editor), Makowski, Elizabeth M. (Editor)

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 ISBN: 0791400638     ISBN-13: 9780791400630
Publisher: State University of New York Press
OUR PRICE: $33.20  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: August 1990
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Medieval
- Social Science | Women's Studies
Dewey: 809.933
LCCN: 88-29156
Lexile Measure: 1450(Not Available)
Series: Suny Medieval Studies
Physical Information: 0.47" H x 5.86" W x 9.04" L (0.64 lbs) 206 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453)
- Sex & Gender - Feminine
 
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Publisher Description:
The distrust and hatred of matrimony is a recurring theme in Western literature. In this volume, Wilson and Makowski show that in their repeated imagery, continuous themes, and rhetorical devices, misogamous texts closely parallel and reflect economic and demographic shifts, and theological and legal innovation. Analysis of the literature demonstrates a link between the growing secularism and careerism of the late middle ages and the reduction of women's social status and public options.
 
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