Women's power in late medieval romance

by Vines, Amy N., (Amy Noelle)

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A reading of how women's power is asserted and demonstrated in the popular medieval genre of romance.

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Full title :Women's power in late medieval romance / Amy N. Vines.

Summary

A reading of how women's power is asserted and demonstrated in the popular medieval genre of romance.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2011

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):D.S. Brewer
Place of Publication:Cambridge [England]
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2011

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xi, 169 pages) : : illustrations.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781846157837, 1846157838
oclc:ocn747104091
LC Classification:PN682.W6
Dewey Decimal:809/.933522

Prophecy as social influence : Cassandra, Anne Neville, and the Corpus Christi manuscript of Troilus and Criseyde -- The science of female power in John Metham's Amoryus and Cleopes -- A women's "crafte" : sexual and chivalric patronage in Partonope of Blois -- Creative revisions : competing figures of the patroness in Thomas Chestre's Sir Launfal.

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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary Criticism, interpretation, etc Einfluss Femmes dans la littérature Frau Geschlechterrolle LITERARY COLLECTIONS -- Medieval LITERARY CRITICISM -- Medieval Literature, Medieval Literature, Medieval -- History and cri… Littérature médiévale -- Histoire et cr… Macht Mittelenglisch Ritterroman Roman courtois -- Histoire et critique Romances Romances -- History and criticism Women in literature