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

SeriesMedieval 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 noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 223-296) and index.
LCCN 2002015059
ISBN0816639507 (alk. paper)
ISBN0816639515 (pbk. : alk. paper)