The Medieval Poet as Voyeur

Zusammenfassung In his new book! leading medievalist A. C. Spearing provides the only study of the many scenes of secret watching and listening in medieval love-stories! and of the way that the central importance of these scenes encourages both the poets and their readers to imagine themselves as voyeurs in relation to what they read. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Theories of killing; 2. Examples of looking; 3. The Tristan story; 4. Chrétian de Troyes; 5. The Lanval story; 6. Troilus and Criseyde and 'The Manciple's Tale'; 7. Partonope of Blois; 8. 'The Knight's Tale' and 'The Merchant's Tale'; 9. The Squyr of Lowe Degre; 10. The Romaunt of the Rose; 11. The Parliament of Fowls and A Complaynt of a Loveres Lyfe; 12. The Palice of Honour and The Golden Targe; 13. The Tretis of the Twa Mariit Wemen and the Wedo; 14. Phyllyp Sparowe; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Inhalt

Preface; 1. Theories of killing; 2. Examples of looking; 3. The Tristan story; 4. Chrétian de Troyes; 5. The Lanval story; 6. Troilus and Criseyde and 'The Manciple's Tale'; 7. Partonope of Blois; 8. 'The Knight's Tale' and 'The Merchant's Tale'; 9. The Squyr of Lowe Degre; 10. The Romaunt of the Rose; 11. The Parliament of Fowls and A Complaynt of a Loveres Lyfe; 12. The Palice of Honour and The Golden Targe; 13. The Tretis of the Twa Mariit Wemen and the Wedo; 14. Phyllyp Sparowe; Notes; Bibliography; Index.