The genre of medieval patience literature : development, duplication, and gender /

The genre of medieval patience literature : development, duplication, and gender /

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In the newly-identified genre of medieval patience literature, female protagonists move to the center of the action-an unusual feature compared to most medieval literature. Out of this development, fresh interpretations of early medieval works and exciting revisions to genre-theory are possible, oft...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Waugh, Robin, 1959-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012
New York : 2012
Edition:1st ed
Series:New Middle Ages (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
Subjects:
Middle English, 1100-1500
To 1500
English literature > Middle English, 1100-1500 > History and criticism
Literature, Medieval > History and criticism
Patience in literature
Sex role in literature
Women and literature > England > History > To 1500
Engelsk litteratur > historia
English literature
English literature > Middle English
Feminism & feminist theory > c 1000 CE to c 1500
History
Kvinnor och litteratur
Könsroller i litteraturen
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Literary studies: classical, early & medieval > c 1000 CE to c 1500
Literature
Literature, Medieval
Women and literature
England
Criticism, interpretation, etc
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Clarissimum in feminis
  • The female patience figure as speaker
  • The female patience figure as frozen speaker
  • The female patience figure as counterfeit
  • The female patience figure as frozen empress
  • The female patience figure at an extreme
  • The female patience figure as shrine

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