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Gender in Debate from the Early Middle Ages to the Renaissance (New Middle Ages)
T. Fenster (Ed.)
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Description for Gender in Debate from the Early Middle Ages to the Renaissance (New Middle Ages)
Hardcover. This volume explores how issues of women and gender were addressed in medieval culture from the Anglo-Saxon period through the 15th century. It pays attention to the form in which these questions were addressed (which varies significantly from period to period and from culture to culture). Editor(s): Fenster, Thelma; Lees, Claire. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 303 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; HBG; HBLC; HBLH; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 31. Weight in Grams: 466.
Modern scholarship generally treats the "debate about women" (querelle des femmes) as a late medieval phenomenon, perhaps touched upon by canonic authors like Chaucer but truly begun by Christine de Pizan (1364-1429), and therefore primarily of English and French origin. That emphasis has obscured the ways in which both writers were participating in a much wider, much older cultural phenomenon with varied and intractable roots. Articles in this collection explore how gender is put into debate in Anglo-Saxon, German, Spanish and Italian cultures, and they re-examine French and Middle English debate literature. The collection is carefully planned to be accessible ... Read more
Modern scholarship generally treats the "debate about women" (querelle des femmes) as a late medieval phenomenon, perhaps touched upon by canonic authors like Chaucer but truly begun by Christine de Pizan (1364-1429), and therefore primarily of English and French origin. That emphasis has obscured the ways in which both writers were participating in a much wider, much older cultural phenomenon with varied and intractable roots. Articles in this collection explore how gender is put into debate in Anglo-Saxon, German, Spanish and Italian cultures, and they re-examine French and Middle English debate literature. The collection is carefully planned to be accessible ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
292
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Series
The New Middle Ages
Condition
New
Number of Pages
292
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9780312232443
SKU
V9780312232443
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About T. Fenster (Ed.)
THELMA FENSTER is Professor of French in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at Fordham University. CLAIRE LEES is Associate Professor in the Department of English and Program in Comparative Literature at the University of Oregon.
Reviews for Gender in Debate from the Early Middle Ages to the Renaissance (New Middle Ages)
'...essential reading for any medievalist who works on issues related to gender.' - Lisa Perfetti, South Atlantic Review '...accessible and informative...' - C.S. Cox, Choice