Arts of possession : the Middle English household imaginary

Arts of possession : the Middle English household imaginary / D. Vance Smith.

Author/creator	Smith, D. Vance, 1963-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2003.
Description	xviii, 318 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Subject(s)	Romances, English--History and criticism. English literature--Middle English, 1100-1500 --History and criticism. Households--England --History --To 1500 --Historiography. Possession (Law)--Great Britain --History --To 1500. House furnishings in literature. Property in literature. Families in literature. Home in literature.

Series	Medieval cultures ; v. 33 Medieval cultures ; v. 33. ^A355050
Contents	Inescapable economy -- The repeating house: surplus and dead time -- The visible investments of winning and wasting -- Merchants in the margin: writing and the national domestic of Piers Plowman -- "How fer schall al þys good?" Sir Launfal and the sumptuary world -- Exchanging, changing, corrupting, the Arthurian house of death.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-296) and index.
LCCN	2002015059
ISBN	0816639507 (alk. paper)
ISBN	0816639515 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	PR321 .S58 2003	✔ Available	Place Hold