Bøker av Jill Mann

An edition and English translation of the Speculum Stultorum (The Mirror for Fools), a long Latin beast epic written near the end of the twelfth century by a monk of Christ Church, Canterbury. It is not only a milestone in the history of medieval beast epic, but a rich source of information about contemporary life and events at Canterbury.

This volume collects fifteen landmark essays published over the last three decades by the distinguished medievalist Jill Mann.

An investigation of Chaucer's thinking about women, assessed in the light of developments in feminist criticism.

The twelfth-century Latin beast epic Ysengrimus is one of the great comic masterpieces of the Middle Ages. It recounts the persecution of the wolf Ysengrimus--who represents a hybrid abbot-bishop--by his archenemy Reynard the fox. The narrative's details are carefully crafted to make the wolf's punishment fit the abbot-bishop's crime.

This volume collects fifteen landmark essays published over the last three decades by the distinguished medievalist Jill Mann.