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Poet Heroines in Medieval French Narrative: Gender and Fictions of Literary Creation (New Middle Ages)
Brooke Heidenreich Findley
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Description for Poet Heroines in Medieval French Narrative: Gender and Fictions of Literary Creation (New Middle Ages)
Hardcover. 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. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 281 pages, biography. BIC Classification: D; DC; DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 454.
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.
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.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
Series
New Middle Ages
Number of Pages
267
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230112582
SKU
V9780230112582
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About Brooke Heidenreich Findley
Brooke Heidenreich Findley is Assistant Professor of French and Women's Studies at Penn State Altoona, USA.
Reviews for Poet Heroines in Medieval French Narrative: Gender and Fictions of Literary Creation (New Middle Ages)
"Findley's study not only does exactly what she claims it will, but, via its combination of close readings and feminist theory, it also produces important new insights into medieval narrative, its depictions of gender, and its conception of literary creation In short, this is a volume that deserves to be widely read by medieval literary scholars, and feminist scholars of ... Read more