Gender and Genre in Medieval French Literature

Autor*innen

• Simon Gaunt

Reihen

• Cambridge Studies in French

Parameter

• 382 Seiten
• 14 Lesestunden

• Belletristik
• Geschichte
• Historische Romane
• Kunst & Kultur
• Über Literatur

Mehr zum Buch

This study analyzes the interplay of ideology and gender in Old French and Occitan literature across five genres, including chansons de geste and courtly romance. Simon Gaunt offers fresh interpretations of both famous and lesser-known texts, using contemporary feminist theory to explore constructions of masculinity and femininity in medieval literature.

• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2005
• Einband: Paperback