The Art of Swooning in Middle English
- Author / Editor
- Windeatt, Barry.
The Art of Swooning in Middle English
- Published
- Christopher Cannon and Maura Nolan, eds. Medieval Latin and Middle English Literature: Essays in Honour of Jill Mann (Cambridge: Brewer, 2011), pp. 211-30.
- Description
- Swooning in medieval literature points to a marked cultural contrast between medieval sensibilities and modern ones for which swooning is extreme and exceptional. This broad survey defines swooning as a "loss of consciousness, brought on by physiological and psychological factors," examines its representation, body language, and many functions, and analyzes the swoons in Chaucer's works in the larger context of the survey in KnT, MilT, MLT, WBP, ClT, SqT, FranT, PrT, PhyT, Anel, BD, LGW, TC, Mars, and Pity.
- Alternative Title
- Medieval Latin and Middle English Literature: Essays in Honour of Jill Mann.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Background and General Criticism