{"product_id":"life-in-words-5","title":"Life in Words","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis volume collects fifteen landmark essays published over the last three decades by the distinguished medievalist Jill Mann. Bringing together her essays on Chaucer, the \u003cem\u003eGawain\u003c\/em\u003e-poet, and Malory, the collection foregrounds the common interest in the semantic implications of key vocabulary such as “authority,” “adventure,” and “price” that links them together.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMann, one of the finest critics of Middle English literature in her generation, uses the concepts suggested by the language of medieval literature itself as a way into the masterpieces of Middle English, including \u003cem\u003eThe Canterbury Tales\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTroilus and Criseyde\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSir Gawain and the Green Knight\u003c\/em\u003e, and the \u003cem\u003eMorte Darthur\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn extended introduction by Mark Rasmussen brings out the nature of the themes that run through the collection, analyses the critical methods in play, and assesses their significance in the context of Middle English studies over the last thirty years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"By Jill Mann\u003cbr\u003eEdited and with an introduction by Mark David Rasmussen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55075357458812,"sku":"9781442617414","price":35.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9781442617414.jpg?v=1743626458","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/life-in-words-5","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}