The Rhetoric of the Body: A Study of Body Imagery and Rhetorical Structure in Medieval Literature

Author / Editor
Leech, Mary Elizabeth.

Title
The Rhetoric of the Body: A Study of Body Imagery and Rhetorical Structure in Medieval Literature

Published
DAI 63 : 2536A, 2003.

Description
Leech attempts to formulate a context for understanding medieval body images, using Rolle, Hilton, Julian of Norwich, and Kempe along with Chaucer. Chapter 5 considers KnT, GP, WBT, and ParsT.

Chaucer Subjects
General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales.
Knight and His Tale.
Wife of Bath and Her Tale.
Parson and His Tale.