The Orient in Chaucer and medieval romance. (2003)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Carol F. Heffernan.
• Other Names: Heffernan, Carol Falvo
• Contents: Introduction: Romance and the Orient -- Mercantilism and faith in the Eastern Mediterranean: Chaucer's Man of Law's tale, Boccaccio's Decameron 5, 2, and Gower's Tale of Constance -- Two Oriental queens from Chaucer's Legend of Good Women: Cleopatra and Dido -- Chaucer's Squire's Tale: content and structure -- A question of incest, the double, and the theme of East and West: The middle English romance of Floris and Blauncheflur -- Le Bone Florence of Rome and the East.
• Publisher Details: Woodbridge, Suffolk Rochester, NY : D.S. Brewer
• Publication Date: 2003
• Extent: 1 online resource (x, 160 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 821/.1; English literature -- Asian influences; Romances -- History and criticism; Orientalism in literature; Roman courtois -- Histoire et critique; POETRY -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; HISTORY -- Medieval; English literature -- Asian influences; Literature; Orientalism in literature; Romances; Middle East -- In literature; Orient -- In literature; Orient -- Dans la littérature; Asia -- Orient; Middle East; Criticism, interpretation, etc; Knowledge -- Orient
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1846151317; 9781846151316
• Related ISBNs: 0859917959
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-155) and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.