Kendall, Elliot Richard. Lordship and literature : John Gower and the politics of the great household

Folger bibliographic ID: 229871
Folger call number: PR1984.C63 K46 2008
Folger holdings ID: 276085

General notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 266-291) and index

Contents

The great household and an economics of power -- The political economy in the late fourteenth century -- Service allegory: the great household in Geniuss confession -- Courtly love and the lordship of Venus -- Women as household exchange in Geniuss tales -- Justice and the affinity -- Retribution as household exchange in Geniuss tales -- Total reciprocity and the problem of kingship

Extended title: Lordship and literature : John Gower and the politics of the great household / Elliot Kendall

Gower, John, 1325?-1408. Confessio amantis Aristocracy (Social class) in literature Social networks in literature Social exchange in literature Social structure in literature Aristocracy (Social class) Power (Social sciences) Social structure Households

author: Kendall, Elliot Richard, 1974-