Courtly love undressed : reading through clothes in medieval French culture /

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In the later Middle Ages clothing was used to mark religious, military, and chivalric orders; in the courtly milieu, more specifically, the ostentatious display of luxury dress was used as a means of self-definition for the ruling elite. In Courtly Love Undressed, E. Jane Burns explores the represen...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Burns, E. Jane, 1948-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2002.
©2002
Series:Middle Ages series.
Subjects:
To 1500
French literature > To 1500 > History and criticism.
Clothing and dress in literature.
Courtly love in literature.
Littérature française > Jusqu'à 1500 > Histoire et critique.
Amour courtois dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > French.
French literature.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Fortune's gown: material extravagance and the opulence of love
  • Amorous attire: dressing up for love
  • Love's stitches undone: women's work in the chanson de toile
  • Robes, armor, and skin
  • From woman's nature to nature's dress
  • Saracen silk: dolls, idols, and courtly ladies
  • Golden spurs: love in the eastern world of Floire et blancheflor.

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