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Chaucer and medieval estates satire : the literature of social classes and the general prologue to the Canterbury tales

J. Adin Mann

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1. Introduction 2. The Anti-Clerical Tradition in Estates Satire 3. Estates Ideals 4. The Omission of the Victim 5. Independent Traditions: Chivalry and Anti-Feminism 6. Descriptive Traditions: Beauty and the Beast 7. 'Scientific' Portraits 8. New Creations 9. Conclusions.

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1. Introduction 2. The Anti-Clerical Tradition in Estates Satire 3. Estates Ideals 4. The Omission of the Victim 5. Independent Traditions: Chivalry and Anti-Feminism 6. Descriptive Traditions: Beauty and the Beast 7. 'Scientific' Portraits 8. New Creations 9. Conclusions.

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1. Introduction 2. The Anti-Clerical Tradition in Estates Satire 3. Estates Ideals 4. The Omission of the Victim 5. Independent Traditions: Chivalry and Anti-Feminism 6. Descriptive Traditions: Beauty and the Beast 7. 'Scientific' Portraits 8. New Creations 9. Conclusions.

Key concepts: Prologue, Chivalry, Portrait, Beauty, Literature, Feminism, Art, Queen (butterfly)

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