Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 267 pages) |
Series |
The new Middle Ages |
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New Middle Ages (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
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Contents |
Introduction: authors, writers, singers, and women: gendering literary creation in medieval French culture -- From minstrel heroine to poet heroine: the thirteenth century and beyond. Singing from a woman's body: minstrel heroines as performers and texts; The parrot and the swan: performance and composition in Sone de Nansay -- Dangerous muses: Toute Belle and her sisters in the fourteenth century dit ; Competing perspectives: Guillaume de Machaut's Voir dit; A contemporary reaction to the Voir dit: deadly words and captive imaginations in Jean Froissart's Prison amoureuse -- Women at the origins: fifteenth century prose romance. Verbal prowess: women's artistry and men's chivalry in Perceforest; Women writers and the monstrous author in Ysaÿe le Triste -- Conclusion: what about Christine? |
Summary |
Studies of women and writing frequently take historical woman authors as their starting point, reading through the feminine signature and the biological trace that it is assumed to represent. Poet Heroines in Medieval French Narrative proposes a different approach, looking instead at the numerous fictional female characters of 13th-15th century French narrative who are portrayed as composing and performing poetry, and whose gendered literary activity links writing, singing, the body, and performance. Such figures represent a promising new area of exploration in women's literary history, one based on the texts themselves rather than the uncertain circumstances of their composition |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
French literature -- To 1500 -- History and criticism
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Women poets in literature.
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French literature -- To 1500 -- Authorship
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Women and literature -- France -- History -- To 1500
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- French.
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French literature
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French literature -- Authorship
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Women and literature
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Women poets in literature
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France
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Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781137113061 |
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1137113065 |
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1299262066 |
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9781299262065 |
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9781349294572 |
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1349294578 |
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