Gender and Genre in Medieval French Literature

Simon (University of Cambridge) Gaunt

Cambridge University Press, 2005

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In this wide-ranging study of Old French and Occitan literature, Simon Gaunt draws on contemporary feminist theory to examine how masculinity, as well as femininity, is constructed in these texts, and shows the crucial role of gender in the formation of the ideologies that underpin medieval literary genres.

ISBN-13
9780521022606
ISBN-10
0521022606
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2005
Publication date
2005-11-10
Pages
384
Dimensions
165x210x24
Weight
526