Medieval Go-Betweens and Chaucer's Pandarus

Gretchen Mieszkowski

ISBN 10: 140396341X / ISBN 13: 9781403963413

Published by Palgrave MacMillan, NY, 2006

About this Item

Inscribed by Mieszkowski on front endpage, "August 2006 For Professor Muscatine whose work made this book possible - Gretchen Mieszkowski"; The New Middle Ages; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 218 pages; Signed by Author.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Medieval Go-Betweens and Chaucer's Pandarus
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan, NY
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 140396341X
• ISBN 13: 9781403963413
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

This book explores the rich, complex, literary tradition of the medieval go-between. Idealized going between usually leads to marriage and it develops a new dimension of the much debated question of courtly love and woman's part in it. Chaucer's Pandarus's place in this go-between tradition is a tour de force.

About the Author

GRETCHEN MIESZKOWSKI is Professor of Literature at the University of Houston, Clear Lake, USA.