Poet Heroines in Medieval French Narrative

Gender and Fictions of Literary Creation
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-349-29457-2
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan

Buch, Englisch, 267 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 361 g

Reihe: The New Middle Ages

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Findley, B.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Europäische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Lyrik und Dichter
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Strömungen & Epochen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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?

Über Autor(innen)

Brooke Heidenreich Findley is Assistant Professor of French and Women's Studies at Penn State Altoona, USA.