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Gender Transgressions: Crossing The Normative Barrier in Old French Literature

First published in 1998 this collection, comprising nine critical essays from prominent and emerging medievalists, seeks to explore the different ways in which French authors of the Middle Ages transgress normative social and cultural codes in their literary works.

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Gender Transgressions: Crossing The Normative Barrier in Old French Literature

First published in 1998 this collection, comprising nine critical essays from prominent and emerging medievalists, seeks to explore the different ways in which French authors of the Middle Ages transgress normative social and cultural codes in their literary works.

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Gender Transgressions: Crossing The Normative Barrier in Old French Literature

Gender Transgressions: Crossing The Normative Barrier in Old French Literature

by Karen J. Taylor (Editor)
Gender Transgressions: Crossing The Normative Barrier in Old French Literature
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Gender Transgressions: Crossing The Normative Barrier in Old French Literature

Gender Transgressions: Crossing The Normative Barrier in Old French Literature

by Karen J. Taylor (Editor)

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First published in 1998 this collection, comprising nine critical essays from prominent and emerging medievalists, seeks to explore the different ways in which French authors of the Middle Ages transgress normative social and cultural codes in their literary works.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781000526325
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 12/12/2021
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 220
File size: 2 MB

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Karen J. Taylor

Table of Contents

I. Rape, Redemption, and the Grateful Dead: Richars li biaus II. When a Rose Is not a Rose: Homoerotic Emblems in the Roman de la Rose III. "Plus acesmez qu’une popine": Male Cross-Dressing in Medieval French Narrative IV. The Grammar of the Sexes in Medieval French Romance V. A Heroine’s Sexual Itinerary: Incest, Transvestism, and Same-Sex Marriage in Yde et Olive VI. "Tu cuides que nos seions taus / Come autres femes comunaus": The Sexually Confident Woman in the Roman de Troie VII. Sexual Identity in Floire et Blancheflor and Ami et Amile VIII. The Structuring of Feminine Empowerment: Gender and Triangular Relationships in Marie de France IX. Desexualizing the Stereotypes: Techniques of Gender Reversal in Chretien’s Chevalier au lion and Chevalier a la charrete

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