Manmade Marvels in Medieval Culture and Literature

✍ Scribed by Scott Lightsey (auth.)

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US
Year: 2007
Tongue: English
Leaves: 225
Series: The New Middle Ages
Category: Library

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✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Introduction: Clever Devices....Pages 1-26
By Angel’s Hand: “Piers Plowman” and London’s Crowning Gesture....Pages 27-53
Chaucer and the Culture of Commodified Mirabilia....Pages 55-80
Chaucer’s Body: The Subject of Technology....Pages 81-105
Monstrous Body Politic (S): Alexander in the Confessio Amantis....Pages 107-136
Craft and Idolatry: “Sotylle” Devices in Mandeville’s Travels....Pages 137-158
Conclusion: Marvelous Craft....Pages 159-162
Back Matter....Pages 163-212

✦ Subjects

Medieval Literature; History of Britain and Ireland; History of Medieval Europe; Classical and Antique Literature; World History, Global and Transnational History

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