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Poet Heroines in Medieval French Narrative
Language: en
Pages: 434
Authors: B. Findley
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-11-29 - Publisher: Springer

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Examining French literature from the medieval period, Findley revises our understanding of medieval literary composition as a largely masculine activity, sugges
Reassessing the Heroine in Medieval French Literature
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Pages: 189
Authors: Kathy M. Krause
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-03-26 - Publisher: University Press of Florida

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"These innovative essays are outstanding because they examine well-known works and genres in new ways, and they revise and revitalize our thinking about them."-
Heroines of the French Epic
Language: en
Pages: 422
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2014 - Publisher: Boydell & Brewer

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The epic tales of medieval France, called chansons de geste, or "songs of deeds", provided the chief means of cultural and imaginative expression in the French
Gender and Voice in Medieval French Literature and Song
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Authors: Rachel May Golden
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-10-12 - Publisher: University Press of Florida

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This volume brings together literary and musical compositions of medieval France, including the Occitanian region, identifying the use of voice in these works a
Consolation in Medieval Narrative
Language: en
Pages: 248
Authors: C. Schrock
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-05-13 - Publisher: Springer

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Medieval writers such as Chaucer, Abelard, and Langland often overlaid personal story and sacred history to produce a distinct narrative form. The first of its