B. Findley
Palgrave Macmillan US
e druk, 2012
9781349294572
Poet Heroines in Medieval French Narrative
Gender and Fictions of Literary Creation
Specificaties
Paperback, blz.
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Engels
Palgrave Macmillan US |
e druk, 2012
ISBN13: 9781349294572
Rubricering
Onderdeel van serie
The New Middle Ages
Levertijd ongeveer 8 werkdagen
Samenvatting
Examining French literature from the medieval period, Findley revises our understanding of medieval literary composition as a largely masculine activity, suggesting instead that writing is seen in these texts as problematically gendered and often feminizing.
Specificaties
ISBN13:9781349294572
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:paperback
Uitgever:Palgrave Macmillan US
Serie:The New Middle Ages
Inhoudsopgave
Introduction: Authors, Writers, Singers, and Women: Gendering Literary Creation in Medieval French Culture PART I: FROM MINSTREL HEROINE TO POET HEROINE: THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY AND BEYOND 1. Singing from a Woman's Body: Minstrel Heroines as Performers and Texts 2. The Parrot and the Swan: Performance and Composition in Sone de Nansay PART II: DANGEROUS MUSES: TOUTE BELLE AND HER SISTERS IN THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY DIT 3. Competing Perspectives: Guillaume de Machaut's Voir Dit 4. A Contemporary Reaction to the Voir Dit: Deadly Words and Captive Imaginations in Jean Froissart's Prison Amoureuse PART III: WOMEN AT THE ORIGINS: FIFTEENTH CENTURY PROSE ROMANCE 5. Verbal Prowess: Women's Artistry and Men's Chivalry in Perceforest 6. Women Writers and the Monstrous Author in Ysaÿe le Triste Conclusion: What About Christine?