Arts of possession : the Middle English household imaginary / D. Vance Smith.
| Author/creator | Smith, D. Vance, 1963- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2003. |
| Description | xviii, 318 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Subjects |
| 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) |